Wednesday, August 19, 2009

And then there were four...


Nora Katherine Beutel
August 19th, 4:19am CST
7 lb 14 oz
19 in
Dark hair
Big lips! (according to her Daddy)




I'll let Mary tell the whole story, if she wants to, but here are a few details I got out of Greg.

1. Went to see the midwife at 10:30am on August 18th, was dilated to about 4cm. Sent home with another appointment scheduled for Friday.
2. Took a walk at the Pekin Park with friends, started having contractions around 8:00pm.
3. Arrived at Pekin Hospital around midnight. Was dilated to 5cm.
4. Had water broken at about 6 to 7cm to speed things along.
5. Nora was born at 4:19, after about one minute of pushing! Apparently the midwife didn't even get both gloves on!!!!

I have taken approximately 437 pictures from our trip to the States. Yes, that's a lot of pictures, but we were there for 5 weeks! AND we went to two weddings, took three side trips, and have some of the cutest nieces/nephews to capture on "film". That takes a lot of photos, people!

I have split the photos up into three groups, so you can take it slow. Or not look at all. Your decision! [The link to My Photo Gallery is over on the right-hand side of the page.]

3 comments:

Karen B.. said...

Cute, love those cheeks. Steph, you have done a wonderful job of getting the word out! Love, Mom

Anonymous said...

Hey!!Nice to have you back with all the uptades!!Saw the pictures from your vacation, they are great!It looks like you had a wonderful time.
Baby Nora is so cute, she looks like Greg don't you think?
She brook the cicle of my dreams guessing the sex of the babies my friends are having, but it's all right, they are just dreams anyways.
Elena looks just so hugable, do hug her for us ok?
Love always!Roseli

Mary said...

Thanks for putting up the info, Steph! :) For the record, her lips have shrunk...they must have been swollen when she was first born. :D