Deo Gratias! All went well. Thank you for your prayers.
Mother and baby are both doing great.
Thomas Leo weighs 8 lbs 10 oz.
Yes, his initials will be TLM (get it? Traditional Latin Mass?) That is a coincidence, but a welcome one.
Bp. Zendejas will see to it that he gets baptized as soon as possible, taking into account the particular circuмstances:
A) my wife will be in the hospital through this Sunday (Passion Sunday)
B) the following Sunday begins Holy Week
C) the ongoing, severe priest shortage in the Resistance
D) I don't exactly live in a high population corridor of the USA. There are no other Resistance locations "in the area" if you define "in the area" as being a 10 hour drive or less. The only exception is Stella Maris Chapel on the Gulf coast, but that's 3.5 to 4 hours away. Texas is almost as bad as Alaska -- i.e., extremely isolating.