It's a Girl!

Stats: Alauna May Marshall Born January 25, 2009 8:48 am 7 lbs. 4.3 oz. 18 1/2 in. long

Story: At 11:30 pm on Saturday night, I first experienced labor contractions. We got all our stuff together, called my Visiting Teacher to come be with Josh, and rushed to the hospital (rushing because Josh was born 5 hours after the first labor contraction). We got there, and got hooked up, and after a bit of monitoring, the nurse told me she thought I was just dehydrated, and wanted to send me home. I drank 1 1/2 Litres of water, and my contractions started slowing down. The doctor told my nurse to observe me one more hour to see if they would stop. They didn't stop, and at 8:48 am (right after we watched Music and the Spoken Word with the MoTab), she came out after just one push.

Here's a picture of her at 4 days old. She looks a bit jaundiced, but otherwise my beautiful girl. Also, a picture of the proud big brother loving his little sister.

The Shiner!

So, boys will be boys. I had to post this picture because it is pretty cool (at least, I think). Josh was so excited to go throw something in the garbage, he slipped on our kitchen floor and hit the corner of our kitchen table just below his eye. If it had been up a little more, we would probably would have had to pop his eye back in. Thank goodness that didn't happen. Anyway, he told everyone at church (no matter who they were) that he had a black eye. I think he is quite proud of it. So here he is in his spiffy new church outfit that matches his eye.

I am the HULK!

Finger painting usually turns into body painting. Josh had fun painting himself as the Hulk. Grr......doesn't he look scary? Don't make him angry. You wouldn't like him when he is angry. ;)