Friday, November 13, 2009

A new grandson - Elliot!

OKay - so it's only been 5 months since he was born! I've just been a little busy!
This is the video of Elliot's arrival. What a crazy day it was! Erica had set this date for months. Jenni made sure everything was good to go and she had scheduled the best nurses to care for Erica. And then there was the storm! It seemed the whole sky was falling. The L&D was full to maximum capacity - so Erica and Elliot were removed from the delivery schedule.
I got the call at 4:00 a.m. from Jenni. I knew Erica was going to be upset. But Jenni was persistent and talked the Charge Nurse into letting Erica come in as soon as there was a room available. Jenni and Erin were at our house. Jenni had arranged for the charge nurse to call us first, so we got to the hospital before Erica and Joel arrived. We got the room decorated with balloons and signs! It was really cute and Erica was very surprised!
As labors, go, it went pretty quickly and was not too bad (easy for me to say!). Erica was so sweet to allow Erin and Jenni to be present for the delivery, along with Suzanne and me. It was really special! Erin set up the delivery tray and Jenni took care of Elliot after he was born.
Now for Elliot! He is really a special little guy! I have never seen a baby that is as happy as he. He smiles most of the time and he is really cuddely.
What a great day for our family - 6 grandchildren. Whew!

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