Catching Up

As life would have it, I gave birth to my lovely daughter five days after my last post here. She decided to put in her appearance on November 7, at 4:22 AM, at only 33 weeks and 3 days old. She was big for a preemie - 5 pounds, 6 ounces, 18 1/2 inches long, and had tons of dark hair.

The Reader's Digest version of the past month: my daughter is gorgeous, and such a good baby I can hardly say that out loud for fear of jinxing myself. She spent three weeks in the children's hospital for surgery and complications from being early, but as of today, after 2 1/2 weeks of being at home, she's doing great.

I have many stories about the past month, but I have been too busy living through things to chronicle them. Thus, I've decided do a time warp and write some non-chronological posts to cover the highlights. So look for more birthing and baby-related stories to come.

Oh, and the winner of the bet is she who chose option "F" - the flood waters broke on the hospital room floor.