Wilkommen zur Welt (Welcome to the world )

It's the news we've all been waiting for. Much later than we expected, and trying our patience, our child was born at 14:09 on 14th November, 3.22kg and 48 cm. As you can tell from the first photo... it's a boy!

Owen Matthias is his name. Owen means "Well born", and indeed he was. A relatively short labour of 5 hours, without the need of any serious pain relief. Jo was given a drip with something mild in it, but she says it didn't do anything at all! Matthias is a German name (we wanted to give him one, since he is born in Germany). It's a German form of Matthew, and is pronounced Mat-TEE-yes.

Here's a photo of a very proud mum and dad. Mum is doing fine - a little sore, but up and about. Dad is not traumatised from witnessing his wife in pain. All are tired and looking forward to some rest.


Also, a photo of a new Grandma. She was waiting anxiously at home during labour, and joined us in the evening.

And finally a more modest photo of Owen.

PS More photos planned for future posts.