Lena Sue Ransom was born on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 5:44am. She weighed 9lbs, 1.5oz and was 20.5" long.
When Elijah was told that he had a baby sister he cried. "No! I really wanted a baby brother and name him Jeremiah!" (that's the name of his favorite cousin) When he got to the hospital, though, he was excited to meet his new sister...and he only called her Jeremiah for a day. By the second day, he told us, "I decided it's okay to have a sister, Mommy." Whew!
We waited a long time to become a family of four. I was induced on Wednesday morning at 8am and Lena did not seem to be interested in joining us...until almost 22 hours later. But we are both doing just fine and feeling good. At our postpartum visit at the hospital on Tuesday she weighed 9lbs, 5oz. The nurse was amazed and said, "Our goal is for babies to be back at their birth weight by their two week appointment. And she's five days old!"
Creator of miracles, we praise you and thank you for the miracle of Lena. Thank you for our many family and friends who have held us in their thoughts and prayers these last months. May we all nurture her and ourselves into a deeper love of You. Amen.
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