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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 stamp on the post is 10:27am.) Luckily I didn’t have to wait long. Triage was full and Jackie was clearly ready to birth. So I joined her a few minutes later. I took the photo of Helena exactly five minutes after her birth at 11:16am. So I guess we were at the hospital a grand total of 50 minutes before Helena was born. Oops. I’ve been telling people it was 30 minutes. Needless to say it felt pretty fast.
I am proud to report that I caught Helena when she was born. Pretty cool. I think one of the first comments I made once I saw her was: “It looks just like Marion.” I only found out a little later that “it” was a “she.” Once the room settled down after she was born, I realized that Marion’s preschool day was about to be over. We had arranged for our friend, Bonnie, to pick her up, but I realized that I could leave the hospital and bring Marion back to meet her new sister. Given that I had just dropped Marion off before going to the hospital, one friend of ours commented that the birth ended up working out like a dentist’s appointment. Anyway, Marion has been so excited about the baby, I wanted to bring her in to join us as soon as possible. When I picked Marion up, she was unbelievably excited. The picture I posted the other day didn’t even do her excitement justice. Here are a few more that express her attitude a little more.
It was really nice to have Marion there to join in the excitement with us. Let’s just say she loves holding babies–a lot. The hospital was great about letting Marion hang out with us at the hospital. But she’s still two-and-a-half and we were confined to a very small uncomfortable room. So, we did everything we could to get out of the hospital as soon as we possibly could. We ended up getting out of there by around noon the next day. It was very nice to be back home in our own comfortable surroundings.
Anyway, without further ado… here are some more cute baby photos.
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May 10
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Helena’s First Restaurant
Breakfast at Jodie’s: 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.
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May 10
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The Big Sister
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 she starts to cry. We couldn’t be happier!
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May 10
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Helena Grace Geraci
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 writing the after post… post – I just want to say that this is not the most flattering picture of Helena. So, although you all are sweet to call her beautiful I have to admit that Helena and I did not approve this picture before posting. I can’t wait for you all to see some of the cute ones because man is she going to ask us about sending this picture out into the world when/if she ever looks through these postings. – but on the bright side… Jesse didn’t send any pictures of her crowning – so consider yourselves lucky!
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May 10
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It’s go time… for real
Just got to the hospital. Jackie’s up in triage with our doula, Amy. Jackie’s doing great!
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May 10
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False alarm.
Baby changed its mind and hastened a retreat. Let’s see if we end up with a Mother’s Day baby afterall.
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May 10
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It’s go time
Contractions have taken on a significantly different feel. I think we’re officially in labor.
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May 10
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Hard At Work with My Daddy.
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Hiking to a picnic spot
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