I have been loving every second of motherhood. It is the most wonderful gift in the world and I feel so blessed to be able to experience this love. And these first four weeks have flown by so fast. She is growing and eating and sleeping all the time. I need to thank all of you, for your support, friendship and love. Thanks for all the gifts, prayers and visits (we love visitors). Norah is excited to meet all of you. I will also be posting an update on here soon about our fall bookings and Christmas deadlines. Congratulations to five winners: Chris, Amanda, Molly, Kara and Annette, who guessed Norah's birthdate and sex correct. Because we have so many winners, we did a drawing for the free session and $200 GC, which Amanda is the winner of, and everyone else will have a free session and $50 GC. Thanks so much for all your guesses! The story of Norah's brith began on August 23rd. I woke up with back labor, but was not sure it was the "real" thing, so Dave and I went on a walk and a trip to Barnes and Noble. When we got home, I called the DR but wanted to wait it out a little longer before heading to the hospital. I still was not convinced they were real contractions because I was able to talk and walk through them. I called my mom who started driving up from KY and my close friend, Stefanie, who is a Labor and Delivery nurse at OSF, driving home from a weekend in Chicago. Dave and I decided to head into the hospital around 5 in the evening and everything seemed to flow from that point. Stef made it, my mom made it and my wonderful midwife, Sheri made it. The labor was so beautiful and peaceful and Norah arrived at 1:07 am on Monday morning. Perfectly healthy, a gift from God.
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