It's a Girl!

posted by George on October 3, 2008 at 21:44:13

Kimberly Elite Eldredge said hello to the world this afternoon at 3:32. She weighs 6.5lbs and is 18.75" long - and has a lot of dark hair on her head. She is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I feel she resembles her mother more than I, but thats a good thing when you're kinda goofy looking ;). She does seem to have long toes like her daddy.

The pitocin was resumed at 7:15 this morning, and ran at full blast until 1:30. At that point, Angela was examined and there was still no progress. Angela made the call to go ahead and proceed with a c-section. She was epidural-ed at 2:45, and the c-section began at about 3:15. Dr. Aycock started cutting and all of a sudden said something along the lines of "what a head of hair!". A little more maneuvering and Kimberly's head was in view, and then the rest of her.

She was weighed, poked, prodded, and tagged, and then we met the grandparents in the waiting room. She then got a trip to the nursery while Angela went to the recovery area. In the nursery she received her first bath - which she did NOT enjoy.

After waiting a bit for Angela's room to be ready, Angela was wheeled up from recovery. She was set up in her bed for the evening, and after a while Kimberly was wheeled in to join us.

She really is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen - I could not be happier if I wanted to be.