Wednesday December 28, 2011. Welcome to the world Alice Jayne. You joined us bright and early this morning at 4:58am. You weighed 7lbs 14.2 oz and measured 21 inches long. welcome, welcome, welcome - we're just so unbelievably happy you're here with us.
Even though people had been asking me if I thought you were a boy or girl before the birth & I always said I didn't have a hunch - I REALLY didn't think you'd be a girl. Not sure why. Maybe it's just the name thing because we had your name picked out for so lomg and couldnt come up with any boy names we liked. Anyway, now that you're here with your gorgeous blue eyes and head full of luxurious dark hair I can't imagine you any different. I know I'm a bit biased, but I think you're just perfect :-)
You've had an eventful start already to this thing called life. You were a little too relaxed right after you were born & didn't want to breath 100% on your own so you headed to the Special Care nursery and got some extra attention. Daddy went with you to keep you company and I joined you as soon as they'd let me. We kept you company for a few hours but then had to head downstairs to the maternity wing for mommy to check in, but not before we got to snap our first family photo.
Later that day you had your first out of town visitors. Your Grandma Jayne and aunt Kate drove down from Kalamazoo to visit and Grandpa Craig came down with Susan too. Nana and Papa came up in the afternoon also. They were so excited to meet you - probably because we wouldn't tell them you were a girl over the phone. We made them come up and meet you to find out! So your first day was spent mostly with mom & dad in the special care nursery and with some very excited visitors who couldn't wait to meet you too.
I'll try to write some more about your birth story sometime soon. Until then, I hope you're having fun so far - I know your daddy & I are so excited to get to know you!
