Our baby has arrived

At 2.42am on the 2nd of May, Mary gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. We have decided to call him Callum Albert William Burnett. "Callum" is a popular Scottish name; "Albert", as many of you know, is Callum`s grandfather`s first name and; William was my grandad who recently passed away and for whom I can thank for so many wonderful memories. Callum`s journey into the world was a difficult one. A day (make that several) that I`m sure I will never forget. I had left work on Wednesday night and in bed by 1.30am on Thursday. Mary rolled over to give a good-night kiss and her water broke. Approximately, 25 hrs later little Callum was born. This was a very long and difficult delivery and I cannot understate nor ever fully comprehend what Mary went through - she was so brave and demonstrated such incredible inner strength. She is now recovering well and I hope that she will be back home by Sunday. Callum will not be home for at least a week. He was breathing very heavily and we were told he a had pneumonia in one of his lungs. I have thought about him all day and it was heartbreaking seeing him attached to all those tubes. He is being well taken care of at the hospital nursery and after a call tonight his O2 level has been reduced from 44 to 39%. He has been a little fussy but is improving. I thank our families and our friends for holding us in their thoughts and prayers.