This is the final post of a long day, and here are some pictures for you to look at. Everything went very well, especially considering Nicole was born almost a month earlier than we expected. She seems like a healthy, sturdy little kid. Kathleen is in good spirits too. Some photos:
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Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Zach
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Well, she’s officially here.  6 lbs, 2 oz, 18" in length.  About 3 weeks early, so technically, she’s premature.  That’s probably because Kathleen was thinking too much about labor these past couple of days. 
Everything looks great so far.  She’s normal on all the tests and seems very content.  I’ll follow up on this post [...]

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Kathleen and I have had the same conversation about 10 times in the past few days.  It begins with one of us asking the other what they think of this name for the new baby, some discussion, general uncertainty that the name is a good fit, and then closes with us agreeing we have another [...]

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Zach
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Well, this kid is a sneaky one.  I woke up around 1 AM this morning when Kathleen dashed into the bathroom saying her water was breaking.  Well, it was.  And here we were thinking this kid wouldn’t be here until around the 1st of June. 
This is technically a premature birth, since Kathleen isn’t fully [...]

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Zach
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