Dalia became a big sister a month early! Eloise Orr Vermeys was born at 7:28 am on Sunday, November 28. She weighed 6 pounds 2.4 ounces at birth and measured 20 1/4 inches. Mom's water broke after a day of early labor on Saturday. She spent the night laboring at the hospital with Daddy, her wonderful doula and awesome labor and delivery nurse.After a long night without medication, Mom entered that last, difficult stage (as if any of it's easy) of labor and asked for a dose of medication that got her through, taking the stress out of contractions, letting her make it the rest of the very short way through pushing (for about 10 minutes) and meeting Dalia's baby sister without any major intervention. Even though she is early, Eloise is healthy and robust, feeding great, breathing great, looking great. Mom is doing wonderfully, too.Dalia is very proud and excited to be a big sister now, can't wait to hold baby and take pictures of and with her. She would rather her sister be named Blackberry, but has started to call her Eloise already.
The name Eloise came to us the moment baby was placed on mom after birth. Orr is Juli's family name and was her middle name prior to marrying Mark. In Greek, Eloise means "sun", which we can sure use to get us through the winter.
Mom and sister com home tomorrow. Dalia chose to have her wonderful Daddy home with her tonight after a couple of fun sleepovers with her Gigi. Life will never be the same and I think we all are thrilled we get to spend a whole extra month with our little Eloise.
6 comments:
Such a great name! Congrats again. Hope to see you all on Thursday!
I am so happy for you, Juli! -Please let me know when we can bring you dinner, play with Dalia while you nap & maybe run a few loads of laundry for you (whatever you need?) -X is great at folding;) -xoxoxox
what a sweet name for a sweet little girl. Love the pic. Congrats!
yay! so nice to see your new slightly larger family yesterday...
though as amy and I walked out of the hospital, I came up with a new nickname for your sweet little one: eeyeore (e. orr, eh?).
Coincidentally, Eeyore was always my favorite in the pooh stories.
don't hesitate to call if you guys need anything at all.
I LOVE the name Blackberry and I'm sure Nora and Emma would love it as well. But, if you have to pick a proper name, Eloise is exceptional...well done you two. She's absolutely gorgeous!
We can't wait to meet her and love on all of you when you return home. We had turkey burgers and sweet potato fries in your honor tonight. We are thinking of you, miss you and love you!
Hugs,
Nanc
LOVE the name and the meaning behind it. She is sure to bring you much sunshine. Dalia looks so proud. You are gonna just love watching their relationship unfold. Enjoy, rest, and congrats to you all!
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