So my niece, Erica’s 1st cousin arrived on Mother’s day! 

Going to visit Elaine and Gord in the birthing suite brought back a lot of memories, and a reminder of how difficult, yet rewarding it is to bring a baby into this world.  It also reminded us of the first few days and weeks… those were certainly some challenging days, hard to imagine that anyone can survive them… but everyone gets through it. 

It also reminded us that as new parents there are a couple of requests- keep the hospital visits very short, and for the first few weeks/month at home, call before you visit, keep the visits short, and bring a home cooked meal 🙂

So who does Lauren look like?  Hard to tell at this stage, but Gord says she’s more like Ernie than Bert.  😐  Anyways, congratulations!  It was a tough delivery, but everyone is healthy and safe! 

Erica is 9 months tomorrow, and is about 18lbs, 5oz.  That’s triple her birth weight.  We have one more swim lesson to go.  Last lesson, we dunked her head under about 10 times, and each time she closed her eyes and mouth. Good girl!  However she still stuck her tongue out to taste the pool water.  🙁

We’re thinking of signing up for another set of lessons, not that we’ll learn anything new as it’s fairly repetitious, but because it’s nice to get out on a Saturday AM, and she really likes to kick and swim.  The side effect is when we give her a bath- we really get a splashfest!