Aspen's Birth

Here's how the week before last rolled out.

Two days before the scheduled c-section:



The morning of the 17, we arrived at the hospital at 6:00 AM. I had felt Aspen move a lot during the night, and was suspicious she wasn't breech anymore. After two quick ultrasounds, she had moved back into a breech-enough position that my doctor thought we should still proceed with the c-section. We were actually relieved, at that point, to know things were going to move forward.





Moments before the surgery started:



10 minutes later:







7 pounds, 2 ounces, just like her sister!

A little snuggle time while mommy was being sewn up:



Then she was whisked off to the nursery for her first bath, and daddy went with her:



Sabine showed up straight from farm:



And the day after:





And the day after:



She was a regular at the hospital:





And the day after, when she brought a good friend from preschool. The big girls took their baby-holding duties very seriously.





Meanwhile, daddy had developed a golden touch for burping.







We also had some other good friends drop in to visit:



Aspen came home on Friday, the 21.



The whole family was very curious.



We were all very happy to finally be together.