I should start my story by explaining my Mommy and Daddy's points of view. First, people say that most first-time mothers deliver past their due dates. Second, my due date was August 1, 2007. Finally, Mommy and Daddy were really planning on putting those three weeks to good use.
And boy did they ever! On Monday, July 9, Mommy had an ultrasound that showed I was between 7 and 8 pounds and was measuring at full-term size (and that I was definitely a girl). This was when Mommy was hoping I wouldn't get much bigger before I was born. HA!
Mommy's water broke the following morning at 5:15am and to this day, she claims that she was never more productive than in the hours between that and arriving at the hospital five hours later. According to her, as of that morning, the list of things that weren't done for my arrival was very, very long.
My parents settled into the hospital knowing that they wouldn't be leaving without me. But just to keep them on their toes, I wasn't actually born until 11:36am the following day, Wednesday, July 11, 2007. For all of the gruesome details, please contact my Mommy who will be more than willing to share, possibly to drum up sympathy for herself.
The end result was little me. At three weeks early, I was considered slightly premature, so I got a bit of jaundice and spoiled my parents by sleeping A LOT. Mommy had to wake me up to feed me and I was kind of a slow learner at that because I was early. Other than that, I try to overachieve at everything I do. And, I look exactly like my Daddy.
I'm very fortunate to hae tons of people to love me, including Mommy, Daddy, Bear, Milhouse and of course, all of my wonderful grandparents. I am sure there will be lots of stories to share and pictures too, if Mommy doesn't slack off and is able to keep my site updated. Stay tuned...
