This Date in History: September 25, 2007

At 9:25 am, Rebecca Elizabeth was born. Her birth was much less stressful than Ben's was. She was a planned c-section for starters so everything was very, well, planned: Ben was with Joel's parents, my sister was able to fly in from Boston and both she and Joel were allowed into the operating room. We did not find out the baby's sex beforehand, so there was much anticipation and excitement, bets being made, etc. We had a great OB and anesthesiologist and it really was almost a party atmosphere in the operating room as the delivery got underway. (the following weeks were not very party-like I might add though). Anyway, I remember as she was delivered everyone yelling "It's a girl!" simultaneously, followed by the OB asking who in my family has red hair? Needless to say I was shocked -- I had been fully expecting another dark haired little boy and instead I ended up with a blue eyed strawberry blonde little girl. It was a wonderful surprise. And here's my birthday girl this morning, who woke me up at 5:45... I guess she was excited that today is her birthday...