New Baby without a Name Yet

At 4:17 am today, the baby was born. She was 7 pounds, 19.75 inches long. We have not decided on her name yet, but will let eveyone know when we decide. We have asked her what she would like her name to be, but she offers no advice so far.

It was a fast delivery. I got home from work around midnight and Michelle's contractions were already only 3 minutes apart. She directed me while I finished packing the bags and putting stuff into the car and we raced off towards the hospital. We timed contractions in the car and 30 minutes later at the hospital contractions were less than 2 minutes apart. Michelle was 4 cm when we arrived and 6 cm by the time the anethesiologist got to us. Things progressed very quickly and by 4:21 Michelle had a new baby in her arms. It was a natural birth without any major complications and everyone is healthy and doing well.

Eliza is staying with Grandma and Grandpa Paton and just left us from visiting at the hospital. She's not too happy about being away from us for another night. She really enjoyed holding the new baby and did not want to leave us at the hospital. We will probably go home tomorrow morning.

Rob