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| The bun is cooked! |
The little desert dweller swam into the world at 4.05am, 10
April 2012, weighing 8lbs 8oz and measuring 21.5”. (We had a wonderful water
birth at Lovelace Women’s Center.)
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| Papa is smitten (again) |
Imogen Vivienne has a good head of hair and looks a lot like
baby Paloma. Even though her name means ‘lively maiden’, she is spending most
of her time feeding and snoozing, and making a lot of little peeps and whirls
as she sleeps. [Well, this is what we thought until late last night, when we discovered she screeches like a cockatoo when she is hungry!]
We’re all very happy to have her here – Paloma is very
intrigued and excited. She has been very careful and gentle, and loves to rock
the baby (for a few minutes). Paloma very generously gave Imogen a couple of
her toys, and an apple and a cheese stick. When we explained that Imogen can’t
eat yet because she doesn’t have any teeth, Paloma said, “That’s ok, I’ll save
them for her.”
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| First cuddles from her big sister |
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| Paloma is quite intrigued... |
A cultural note on her name:
When I first suggested "Imogen" to Howard, he told me that he had never heard of it and thought it was very unusual. After a bit of research, we have found that the name is currently quite popular in Australia but very rare in the USA. "Imogene" seems to be the American version, but we're sticking with the Aussie spelling and pronunciation (IM-o-JENN).
"Vivienne" is from my paternal grandmother (Nana Burdett), so now both of the girls names honour a great-grandmother.
3 comments:
That's more than a little bit cool.
Congratulations. We are very happy for your new little one!!
Stevia & Mike
Wa -hooooo! From Mark, Nicole and Rebecca.
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