Introducing Jacob Tadeusz Jost

We'd like to take this opportunity to introduce Jacob Tadeusz Jost, born May 17, 2009. He was born at 11:30 PM, after 12 hours of induced labor. Lauren was a total trooper throughout, and pushed him out at the end as though she were a seasoned pro. Zach, as per usual, tried to do what he knew how to do well, and for the rest of it, he tried to fake it until he figured out what worked. Between the two of us, and a great staff of nurses and doctors at NYU Langone Medical Center (and Dr. Rosenberg from Cityscape), we got what was inside of Lauren to the outside. And he's perfect!

We've had an interesting 36 hours, and at some point soon, we'll sit down and recant the fun story of "How Jacob Was Born." But at this point, seeing as we are seeing double with the fatigue of two extraordinary days and how we have not yet left the hospital, we'll leave that for another day. For now, we hope you'll be satisfied with a slideshow.

Jacob Tadeusz Jost, Day 1 and 2

We thank you all for your support, prayers, and generally for being good people to us, and ask that you continue the same as we enter into this next crazy exciting phase of our lives.