Hey Sage,
You were born today! October 21, 2010. You are a Libra, the sign of balance. Oh, good. We can always use someone balanced in our family!
It's your first day in the big world. Welcome! We're so glad you are here! And we're so glad to know your name! We've been dying to know for months now. We knew your sister Sonia's name way before she was born, but your Mommy and Daddy kept yours a secret!
Welcome also to your own personal blog, just for you, from me, your Boston Auntie. Sonia has one too. You can look at it here. I figure you should hear all about cool stuff that you did when you were small and visits we have and other things I think you'll like. And then when you get older, you can read these little letters from me to you!
Here's some things you should know. I've been keeping a little list so I wouldn't forget to tell you some things in your first post ever from your Auntie K!
- Your Mommy had orange toenails when you were born. She went and got a pedicure last week so she'd have cute toes for your big debut, and your sister chose the color. Now, you must realize that Mommy put the kibosh on green and on blue before Sonia arrived at orange as a choice. It matches your birthday month - October is Halloween and Halloween is all about orange. The day Mommy went to get them painted, Sonia was at school, and when your mom picked her up, she was squealing with excitement to see Mommy's toes. (Update: Tonight, Mommy told me that she changed her toes! After she went for her regular check up on Tuesday, and found out it looked like you weren't coming soon, she got all annoyed and treated herself to another pedicure (and a manicure!). So her toes are more pink than orange. Your mom doesn't often have polish on her finger nails, though, so your sister was very surprised. She even pointed it out to your dad!)
- You've been sidewinding for a long while. You've been laying sideways in Mommy for a long time and you've been stretching out like crazy, driving your Mommy crazy. You turned around at one point and we thought you were all set to be born, but then you laid sideways again! Your mom read way too much stuff online about all the horrible things that could befall you if labor started while you were still sideways - like you rupturing her uterus or your cord getting stuck in her cervix. Crazy stuff! None of it happened though. You turned head down just like you were supposed to and out you came after only 59 minutes of pushing, which compared to your older sister, was a walk in the park!
- At 7a this morning, I talked to your mom who was 7 centimeters dilated and 100% effaced. That is all good news! She didn't sleep much last night. She stayed up all night waiting for you to work yourself out! Then, at 8:50a, a text came from Nana and she said that your mom was 9 centimeters and her water broke! Everything seemed to be moving along well. And then, at 10:52 your daddy texted us this: "baby born! healthy! call later." It was awesome, especially considering it was only 10 minutes after you were born!
- You are super considerate, girly. You waited for Papa to arrive in Houston to come out. You decided to be born in the morning, when your sister was at school and all was easy. So nice of you! Your Nana will be there tomorrow and when you get home from the hospital, she'll be there waiting for you!
We are all very happy to hear you are here in the big world with us. Enjoy your first day out. As soon as Daddy sends me a photo of you, I'm going to fall head over heels in love with you. I can't wait.
Love,
Auntie K
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