Sweet, sweet November that brings so much new! A few days ago we celebrated our first snowdusting, I found out recently that the new Naperville director at Language Stars will be arriving just after Thanksgiving, and most wonderfully of all, our sweet Elinore has finally arrived!!
She made quite a dramatic entrance into the world yesterday afternoon and we've all been struggling to keep up with her! After going almost 2 weeks past her due date, Jennifer went in yesterday morning at 8 AM to have her water broken. Thankfully her contractions started right away, and by 10:30 I had already received a progress update call from Mom to tell me that Jen was already to uncomfortable to walk or talk! At 3:20 Chicago time I got a call from Kevin telling me that they had good news! Elinore had arrived after only 7 hours of labor! She gave Jen and Kevin a little scare, greeting this world a little bit blue-faced with her umbilical cord wrapped securely around her neck. The midwife took care of that immediately, and with a little oxygen she pinked right up.
Everyone was shocked at how big she is, 9#1!! Especially because Jennifer is so small and hadn't gained weight anywhere save her enormous belly. But she is our little bright-eyed girl with just the perfect little face! She has a very sweet disposition so far and just seems as peaceful as can be. This morning she was bombarded by grandmas and grandpas and aunts and friends and she only fussed as she was passed from one person to the next. As soon as she settled into a new pair of arms she settled right down. She seems to prefer to have her eyes closed, but we did have a few moments here and there when she was alert and taking in all these new faces!
We gave her love and kisses for everyone who is far away, and as soon as we can download some photos we will post them!
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