Last night Ben and I went out to dinner to celebrate our ten year anniversary. We got to reminisce the good, the hard, the beautiful, and the humorous. We talked about our wedding day,our honeymoon, early apartments and jobs, amazing friends, moves, school, tragedies, births, starting careers and our plans for the future. Basically I don't think there is too much we would have changed. He asked me what one of my favorite memories were. It was right after I had Eliora. I woke up in the middle of the night in the hospital bed with Ben asleep on the little uncomfortable couch next to me. Eliora was less than 12 hours old and asleep on his chest. She had woken up and knowing that I had just nursed her he had rocked her back to sleep. I'm sure the nurses would not have approved but it completely sums up the kind of man Ben is. I asked him what his best memory was. He said it was the first time I came out of the shower and he realized he was allowed to look. Well, he's still a good guy ;)
Thanks to everyone who has helped make the memories. We love you all.
6 pds. 3 oz and 18 inches long. She was born 12:34 am on Aug. 24th. She was 37 weeks and so a little earlier than expected. She was also a lot longer labor than I am use to, posterior, and with her head turned at a funky angle (I have since learned this is called star gazing). We are sure this is the most trouble she will ever cause though and from now on be a perfect angel. She is nursing like a pro and her sisters are delighted. Hopefully I will post the three zillion other pics we took sometime tonight or tomorrow. Thanks to Terry for the camera rescue!
After much debate on what her name should be we finally decided to let Audrey have her way and name her Hannah. Good thing we like the name....you know, since it is Audrey's middle name. Before you think we are nuts there is a reason for it. Little Hannah Claire happened to be born on Audrey's birthday. Whether or not we end up calling her Hannah or Claire will be decided in the next few weeks. We're just happy we got something on the birth certificate ;)
