Wednesday, 11 February 2009

• Tinúviel has arrived!

  Life is businer with both a toddler and a newborn. That is my excuse for not posting before now, and I'm sticking to it!

  Tinúviel Renna was born Friday, February 6th at 11:03pm after a relatively short labor and a very quick delivery. She was 7 lbs and 15 oz. and 18" long. That's 3/4" shorter and 1 lb heavier than our Lúthien was at birth! She's beautiful, and we are completely smitten. I'll eventually get around to posting a birth story for those of you who want to know (or want to avoid it at all costs!). The short version is that I had a super team of supportive people - Kary who was probably more tired than I was from obeying my barked orders and rubbing my back and talking me through contractions, Kiersten, Heidi & Linda who were so very encouraging and wonderfully excited for us, and a doctor who I would now recommend to the ends of the earth. It was a natural labor and delivery, and my recovery has been pretty amazingly wonderful, to tell the truth. I didn't know you could feel this good so soon after having a baby!

  We still need to take tons of photos, especially since she is at the stage where she changes every day! But here are a few:

  

  

   

  (One quick note - we don't use last names on blogs, so for those of you who know us, please avoid it in comments, too!)

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