A New Angel Has Come to Earth

Alexis Victoria was born December 10th at 12:24pm. She weighs 7 lbs 14 oz and was 21 inches long. Mommy, Daddy and baby are doing great.

I never thought of all my birth adventures as being a training school of sorts, to help my daughter bring her child into the world. It was so overwhelmingly beautiful to be able to support her throughout her labor and delivery. But to watch your child endure the pain of labor was tough, probably because I totally understood every bit of it, and because she is my girl, and I hated to see her in so much pain. But she is a tough cookie, was strong...never whined or screamed or lost her cool. One little tear trickled down her cheek during a particularly difficult contraction, and I thought my heart would break. But she endured and I am proud to say, only took 29 minutes to push her daughter, our beautiful granddaughter, into this world. She had been up since 4:30am the day before, yet she had all this strength...

I had a dream about this child a couple of years ago. Our son helped administer to our daughter before she went into the hospital, and when the blessing was given, he said he could see the baby's face. I am happy to report that she looked just like we saw in our visions...just like her daddy. :)