Ellis Mary Beaton made a quick arrival to the world on Monday December 19th at 6:03pm. At 3:00, I called Pat at work to tell him maybe he should come home. I called the midwife at 4:00, we got to the hospital just after 5:00, our primary midwife arrived around 5:30 and Ellis was born at 6:03. The second midwife didn't make it until after Ellis was born.
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| Fresh baby. |
After a pretty crummy pregnancy, it was good to get the labour and delivery over so quickly! We were lucky that there were no weather issues on the drive to Walkerton that night.
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| Proud Daddy |
Ellis weighed 8lbs 12 oz when she was 2 hours old. She'd already eaten a bunch and pooped all over me at that point. We gave her the middle name Mary because she was born on Grandma Beaton's birthday. We decided to just stay the minimum 4 hours at the hospital for monitoring, and head right home.
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| Not a fan of the car seat. |
It was nice to be able to sleep (well a little bit) in our own bed that night. Grannie and Grandad McIlroy were at the house to look after Jasper, so they were able to meet Ellis first.
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| Meeting Grannie |
The next morning, Jasper awoke at his usual 5:00am, but with a brand new baby sister to meet.
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| Family photo (don't look so excited Jasper) |
Jasper was confused and fascinated by this new little creature. He likes to practice his words by pointing out her body parts and hat. We tried to avoid him poking her eyes.
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| Nose! Eyes! Mouth! |
Jasper get pretty jealous of Ellis when she eats, but for now he's pretty excited about all the visitors who have come to play with him.
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