Oliver

It's our pleasure to introduce you to the newest addition to our family, Oliver Eno Ayres Bock.

Melanie's pregnancy went five days past the due date. In the last few days before Oliver's birth we anxiously waited and tried to distract ourselves. The day before his birth we went to one of our favorite places, the Como Park Conservatory and Zoo.

last photo of the baby bump at 40 weeks, 4 days

The big day finally came on September 20, 2011. Contractions started the evening of the 19th, which made for a sleepless night. We checked into the hospital around 8:30 am with Melanie already in active labor. She toughed it out through a natural birth and our baby was born at 5:59 pm. It's a boy!

first moments after birth

We spent the first couple hours of our newborn's life holding him and enjoying each other's company. After which he was weighed and measured. He weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and, was 19" long, and was deemed healthy with Apgar scores of 8 and 9.

all ten fingers

all ten toes

After getting to know him the first days and nights, we were finally able to decide on a name. Oliver seemed just right to both of us.

Here are some of our favorite pictures from the first five days of the life of our beautiful boy. They are in chronological order with the last being taken earlier today.

He's already a great joy to be around and we are looking forward to the times to come.