Hospital Stay and Family Visitors

 

We spent two nights in the hospital.  We were visited by Grandparents Laurie, Dean, and Lorraine.  Our visitors brought us gifts, flowers, and food.  When they weren’t around we ordered food from the hospital cafeteria including our first meal post-delivery: an omelet for Ashley and a hot dog for Matt.

 

 

A few days later, Emily and Evelyn drove to town from Dayton.  Evelyn liked seeing “tiny baby Louis” which she illustrated with her thumb and index finger as in the photo below.

 

The following weekend, Brian, Laurie and Katie visited.  Louis let everyone hold him.

Happy Birthday

Louis was born on October 16, 2011, at 8:36 am, one day before his due date. He weighed 8 lbs and was 20.5 inches long. He was bright pink from the start. These photos are from shortly after birth, before we transferred from the labor and delivery room to our recovery room.

What's cooking?

These pictures are from October 15, the day before Louis was born. Ashley, Lorraine and Matt walked around the National Mall, had Indian food for lunch, and then visited the "What's Cooking Uncle Sam exhibit?" at the National Archives. It was a beautiful day, 75 degrees and sunny with a slight breeze.

Later that evening Dean arrived and we all had dinner together. The contractions started around 10 pm and we went to the hospital around midnight.