Avery Eloise Calvin!!
Born December 20th at 10:51pm, 7lbs, 11oz, and 20 inches in length....
Sorry for the huge delay we've been busy staring at the super cute human that just moved in to our house. Dang she is cute. So cute that she made it snow on Christmas in Seattle, which only happens like once every 20 years, so that really tells ya something.
She is just perfect, she only fusses when she really needs something then she is quick to calm right back down. When she is awake she is very alert and looking all around, she never wants to be left out of a good time and she can sleep with the vacuum cleaner on and Maizey barking for a treat. She is a great eater and has two cute dimples that she only shows off to very special visitors. Grandma Mary Fran and Grandma Rose swear she smiles and no it is not gas! She has her mom's hitchhiker big toes and her dad's mouth, but we can't figure out where her cute little nose came from. Needless to say we are all in love and it's hard to put her down or not give her a million kisses even for a minute.
Okay I know you all only want pictures but if you want the gory details keep reading I'll give them to you, or feel free to skip this mess and think that she was dropped off by a stork with a Santa Hat.
At 2:30am on Thursday (the 20th) my water broke, we waited a bit then we headed off to Swedish Hospital. They were super busy over there at Swedish, every baby in Seattle wanted to get out before Christmas. Everything started out just fine, we had a nice private labor and delivery room and a nurse was in with us the whole time. Aunt Caroline and Grandma Mary Fran were able to stop in and say Hello. It was a really slow go at first but then the real business started around 7pm. Avery was what they call "sunny side up" and was faced the wrong direction, we pushed and pushed for 2 and a half hours then we decided to get some help. First the Doctor tried to use a vacuum that was placed on Avery's head so he could pull while I pushed. When that didn't work we had to go for the bigger guns, the scary mary forceps. Well, Avery didn't like those and I think she was tired so we were rushed in for a c-section. She finally came into the world at 10:51pm on the 20th. We were so excited to meet her and squeeze her that the 22 hours that came before seemed like a blur. Lucky Ben got to hold her first while I was being put back together. We then got to spend the next few days in the hospital getting room service and having lots of visitors. Avery apparently likes variety so she decided to run the gamut of birthing options, thankfully we are all healthy and happy and glad to be home.
One of the best parts of our labor was that we got to have 2 awesome nurses help us through the entire thing. For the first 12 hours we had Ali who was great and we all laughed and talked about puppies and what were the best HBO shows. We were sad that she had to go before Avery was born but her replacement was Carol, a friend of Ben's from Seattle U, she actually lived a block away from us at our old apartment. It was the perfect ending to have someone there that we knew and trusted and made the day just that much more special.
I wanted to thank everyone for their good wishes, visits and welcome home presents. This last week has been one fun blur!
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