The keeper of a lifetime!!!

Last night (1/28) at 9:54 pm my wife gave birth to Carson Emmanuel Kunz.  Not wanting to let his Dad down, he weighed in at the trophy weight of 10 lbs even and measured 21.5 inches.  Fortunately he fell within the legal slot size so we could add him to our livewell... also known as the nursery.

Mom and baby are doing fine... there was some stress that caused him to be born by C-section and he had a little too much fluid in his lungs.  He is also fighting off an infection as is Mom.  He will be in the intensive care nursery for about a week so that they can run a full course of antibiotics.  I'm confident that both Mom and Baby will be just fine.

Here's the money shot...





We appreciate your prayers for baby and family and praise God for bringing us this incredible blessing.

Erik

He really is going to be 8' tall.  

Hope you didn't have to wait too long before they went with the c-section.

OMG-thats a big boy!  Congrats.  My 3rd was in the NICU for a bit, don't sweat it, those ladies are on it.  If you  guys decide to start selling futures for his impending NFL career let me know.

Wow a 10lber !  Thats a big boy.  My daughter and her mom had an extended stay at the hospital as well,  Aside from having to stomach the hospital food both were fine.  Hope all goes well, congratulations.

Congrats... Erik.  Wishing your son and wife the best!
.... so when are you gonna build Carson his own rod and reel?

-Chuck

Nice work Eric! Congrats to you, Mom and Carson. He is going to be gigantic! I know they will be home and well in no time.

   

Hope Mommy and Baby are doing fine!

Going to one lucky boy w/a Dad like you. Bet he'll have his own fishing show.

 

Congratulations!  He is a definetely a Lunger!

John

Erik,
Congratulations to you and your wife.  I'm so happy for you both.
 
Carson is lucky to have a dad that will teach him so much, and like wise you and your wife will learn so much from him.

Take care,
Stuart

Thanks for all of the well wishes... we appreciate it.  

Baby is now off of the breathing equipment but still on an IV for antibiotics.  Mom is starting to be able to get up and around a bit.  This will be a long week and I'm sure we'll be very relieved once we're cut loose to come home.  

It's funny... Carson is over twice the size of some of the little premature babies in the nursery and he's got the biggest footprint in the whole nursery ward... like a St. Bernard puppy... big paws = big dog.   He didn't fit the newborn diapers... went right to size 1... and they had to cut slits in his hat in order to squeeze it onto his head.  This is going to be interesting.

Erik

CONGRATULATIONS ERIK!  

CONGRATULATIONS ERIK  

Joel / Hana Pa'a

CONGRATULATIONS !

have you placed your order for a 2 man kayak yet?  he's going to grow fast.

pierre

that's a keeper!

Hi Erik,

Great job.  But, I still remember the happiest day was when my kids were out of diapers!!! You have  a long way before that happens.

Congras, Ken