Dear Eleanor,
There are so many things I want to tell you and I am hoping this will be a good way to start. I am creating this blog to write to you; Eleanor and tell you how much joy you bring to your daddy & I. I wish I would've started sooner as you are 4 months old now, but I will make up for the lost time! As you know, you are our first (and only,right now) child. We wanted a baby so much and after 3 years of trying and lots of help from the University of MN reproductive clinic we became pregnant with you! Let me tell you first that your daddy & I were married in 2004 at a mansion in Minneapolis. We had dated for 5 years before we married & then about 6 months after we were married we started trying for a baby. After a year of trying we decided to seek medical help. To make a long (very long) story short, we tried everything they recommended and finally after our 2nd in-vitro fertilization (you'll have to look it up) we conceived you in June of 2008. We were thrilled! During the in-vitro process they allowed us to look at our embryos under a microscope. There were 2 embryos, one with 4 cells & one with 5 cells. It is still amazing to me that the little ball of cells I saw under that microscope developed into you. My pregnancy was very easy, I enjoyed being pregnant with you. You had to hiccups almost everyday and I could feel them stronger and stronger as you grew. Toward the end of my pregnancy you were so active in my belly, it was unbelievable! You must have been stretching out because I could feel one of your feet up under my ribcage most of the time. While I was pregnant with you your daddy & I went on a trip to South Dakota. We started taking pictures of my expanding belly at 17 weeks and continued to take them until you were one week overdue (41 weeks).
I went into labor on a Friday afternoon & you were born Saturday March 7th at 11:26 a.m. The labor was ok, a little stressful for me & for you. Your heartrate was dropping with my contractions. The doctor had to give a little help to get you out by using a vacuum device on your head to help pull you out. Your daddy said he couldn't believe how hard the doctor pulled to get you out. You were born without complication & perfectly healthy. We brought you home on Sunday and the first couple of nights were rough. Your daddy had never changed a diaper before you were born, but turns out he was a natural. He even stayed up all night one night sitting in the recliner holding you so I could sleep. You just wanted to be held. Very quickly we got the hang of parenting and loved it. You are a good baby, and very easy going. Since you were 3 days old you've been on the go with us. To the mall, for birdwatching walks, to friends houses, to our workplaces, to restaurants, on a trip to Tenney, and lots of other places. You are a very busy little girl! When you were first born we had sooo many visitors to see you. I don't think we had ever had that many people over to our house before you were born, everyone wanted to meet you.
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