Another Early Arrival

After one of the craziest weeks we have had in a while we are so grateful or little family expanded by one. Charlotte Elizabeth was born November 8, 2007 by c-section a little after 2PM. She weighed 6lbs 8 oz and was a little over 19 inches long (What a big girl for being born a month early!) I was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday morning after going to the doctor. That horrible preeclampsia stuff had returned so I needed to be in the hospital for monitoring. The doctor came to my room at 10Pm that night and told me she thought she would wait a few days to deliver. I was a little nervous about being in the hospital for very long because of Elaine but luckily by 630AM the doctor had changed her mind and scheduled the delivery for the afternoon. They did an ultrasound in the morning and confirmed that the baby looked good and that my placenta was in fact diseased and no longer working properly. The delivery went smoothly. Rob got the whole thing on video for those who like blood and gooey babies. The first thing we said was "she is so big". We love her chubby cheeks. She has done little but sleep and eat. She is opinionated. If she does not like something she lets you know with a very high pitched scream. Now Rob has three females to let him know when he is wrong.

Elaine LOVES being a big sister. She keeps a running dialog of everything Charlotte does. She also says "she's cute" and "she's pretty". It is cute to see how much she loves and wants to be around her baby sister. We'll see how long it lasts. Elaine has been asleep since we got home from the hospital and she hasn't had to compete for attention yet.