the sweetest peach

lela lucille reilly
september 5, 2010
9:29pm CEST
8 pounds, 1 ounce
22 inches long



the full lela collection can be viewed (and photos can be downloaded if you like) at: http://gallery.me.com/sbreilly

brant made a "lela's first days" video that is pretty sweet...and posted on that site as well. :) i recommend letting it load entirely first and then watching it.

also, you can view lela in the st. elisabeth krankenhaus baby gallery by doing the following:
go to: www.verbund-krankenhaus.de
click on: MEDIZINISCHES LEISTUNGSANGEBOT
click on: Frauenklinik (the guy on the right, dr. domagowski, delivered lela... he was awesome.)
click on: Babygalerie

she is on the second page. jackson guy on the first page is our friends', the ulibarris', baby boy born two days after lela. if you go into august, our other friends', the youngs', baby girl camden claire was born on august 28th.

over the hill AND the little chi chi foils us again

our appt. on our due date, september 1st, showed lots of braxton-hicks contractions, but that's it. watching the spikes on the monitor, i was thinking...ooohhhh this might be it. but the midwife came in and said, "oh no, just braxton-hicks. baby is doing great....see you friday."

so today, friday, we go in to get monitored (heartrate and checking for contractions) for 30 minutes. the midwife checks out the printout and says, "everything looks great. please come in again on sunday." wait, that's actually not true. she said, "on sunday, please stand up, eat breakfast, and call before coming in." :) love their english... i asked her if she saw any contractions and she said two small ones, but that's it. a doctor came in and looked at it too...and said, "ok, good." they're so nonchalant and at ease - which i appreciate. the midwife asked me if i wanted to be examined, but also said it wasn't necessary. so, i declined. the wait continues... :)