As you may have noticed from the posts on Tuesday, Helena’s birth went pretty quickly once we got to the hospital. (Yes, those were posted in real time.) I posted that we arrived at the hospital about a minute after Jackie went up to triage while I was sitting in the waiting room. (The time […]

We dropped Marion at school for the morning and headed to our favorite hole in the wall breakfast nook- Jodie’s. For any of you who have come to visit us in our early days of living here know about our love of this place. It is low on seats (six seats in TOTAL) and high on Seinfeldian attitude. It was a lot of fun for all of us.

As our good friend Carmen Cook said: Marion made us a Mom and a Dad, Helena made us a family.  Marion just couldn’t be happier with a new baby in the house.  It is all we can do to pry Helena out of her hands, although Marion is getting faster at giving her up when […]

We are proud to welcome Helena Grace Geraci into this world. She was born at 11:16 am on May 11, 2010 in Berkeley, California. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 inches long. This is one of the very first pictures taken minutes after she was born. *After post edit* This is Jackie […]

Just got to the hospital. Jackie’s up in triage with our doula, Amy. Jackie’s doing great!

Baby changed its mind and hastened a retreat. Let’s see if we end up with a Mother’s Day baby afterall.

Contractions have taken on a significantly different feel. I think we’re officially in labor.