Then We Had

Annalise Lenore
6lbs 5oz
40wks, 6 days
20.5 inches
9:18am Sunday morning
8 hour labor from first contraction to delivery, no dramas
PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Mamma and baby are doing great.
Thank you again for your prayers

But it's not all bad...

I just took a little walk outside in the rain (in my slippers, not such a good idea, LOL) to see the magnolia tree, which is beginning to bloom.

Can you believe it? It was the dead of winter a week ago, and now the magnolia is beginning to bloom. There are buds on the weeping cherry tree, and hundreds of worms wiggling in the driveway; and in the herb garden, parsley, sage and thyme are already growing back. The lavender is greening, and the crocuses have bloomed.

A week or two ago, if someone had said that spring was just around the corner, I would have never believed them.

Soooooo happy! Spring is on the doorstep, winter is almost past.

We had...

Thunder.

We had hail.

And developed another leak in the roof.

But did we have a baby?

NO.

Just a tiny human battering ram who is never ever ever going to come out.