the day was here. Baby V would finally arrive. 9.19.09
the plan was to induce labor and so they did. contractions were felt but the monitors reflected that Bean’s heart rate was dropping drastically during them. the delivery room became more like a board room, nurses busy talking to Baby V with encouraging words (there were hints of concern), the dr’s conversed back and forth, what would be the next step…and the parents to be became their own advocates. they wanted what was best for baby V and ultimately mommy b.
the plan was to induce labor and so they did. contractions were felt but the monitors reflected that Bean’s heart rate was dropping drastically during them. the delivery room became more like a board room, nurses busy talking to Baby V with encouraging words (there were hints of concern), the dr’s conversed back and forth, what would be the next step…and the parents to be became their own advocates. they wanted what was best for baby V and ultimately mommy b.
the next text read “c-section in 30 minutes”
i stood in eugene, listening to the rain, feeling overcome with emotion; my little brother was going to be a dad.
when we were finally able to meet V she was nestled next to her mommy. swaddled and sporting a hat with stripes of cotton candy pink and blue. all the sudden the fruit of 9 plus months blossomed into this being…all the time spent wondering what she would look like, would she have hair? no hair? dark hair? would it eventually turn curly? Skinny fingers and a dimpled chin? she had been real before but now i was able to stare at her and discover the answers myself…i swear she changed every millisecond…
she had dainty ears, a round head covered with dark hair, and lips that looked like a miniature pink sofa. when we went to change her diaper little wrinkles were exposed on her hands and feet…like love notes she scribbled while in the womb. and her legs…just kept going. she was 22” of pure sweetness.
not sure if baby v realized that her birthday happened to be pirate’s day but when i held her hours after being born she would slowly open only one eye…taking sneak peeks at this big and crazy world…not to mention the crazy grandma/grandpa, aunt/uncle paparazzi…but it was hilarious…if i didn’t know better i would have thought she was pretending to be a pirate. she definitely has some of her daddy’s sense of humor…aunt Emilee loves it!
and to boot, the proud parents had purchased reusable diapers (to use in the future) one of which has a pirate print on it…baby girls and pirate diapers! melt my heart!
as i held Verbena, it felt like i had been plugged into an outlet and was being recharged with love! love! love! getting to hold my baby niece was nothing short of a gift...it was so great being there on her "birth" day...and i feel blessed to be her aunt.
i stood in eugene, listening to the rain, feeling overcome with emotion; my little brother was going to be a dad.
when we were finally able to meet V she was nestled next to her mommy. swaddled and sporting a hat with stripes of cotton candy pink and blue. all the sudden the fruit of 9 plus months blossomed into this being…all the time spent wondering what she would look like, would she have hair? no hair? dark hair? would it eventually turn curly? Skinny fingers and a dimpled chin? she had been real before but now i was able to stare at her and discover the answers myself…i swear she changed every millisecond…
she had dainty ears, a round head covered with dark hair, and lips that looked like a miniature pink sofa. when we went to change her diaper little wrinkles were exposed on her hands and feet…like love notes she scribbled while in the womb. and her legs…just kept going. she was 22” of pure sweetness.
not sure if baby v realized that her birthday happened to be pirate’s day but when i held her hours after being born she would slowly open only one eye…taking sneak peeks at this big and crazy world…not to mention the crazy grandma/grandpa, aunt/uncle paparazzi…but it was hilarious…if i didn’t know better i would have thought she was pretending to be a pirate. she definitely has some of her daddy’s sense of humor…aunt Emilee loves it!
and to boot, the proud parents had purchased reusable diapers (to use in the future) one of which has a pirate print on it…baby girls and pirate diapers! melt my heart!
as i held Verbena, it felt like i had been plugged into an outlet and was being recharged with love! love! love! getting to hold my baby niece was nothing short of a gift...it was so great being there on her "birth" day...and i feel blessed to be her aunt.
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