Moments after her birth
Meeting
Both very tired!
First night
Aven was born at home (don't worry ... on purpose!) at exactly 12:00 on Sunday, April 8, her due date! She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces, and came into the world fists first (which leads us to believe she's going to be a drama queen). She took her time coming; my first contractions were at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday the 7th, and lasted all day but didn't progress too much until about 10 or 11 p.m. My midwife came to our house at 1 a.m. and eleven long hours later she was born! It was hard work, and I won't say it didn't hurt, but every minute was worth it and she is everything we could hope for! Justin was truly a perfect partner/supporter through labour and birth, and he's a natural with Aven.
Aven (rhymes with raven) is a name that we thought of the first year we were married. It's a variation of the name Ava (but of course, we always try to be unique!), and Lily is my maternal grandmother's first name.
Thank you to everyone for your prayers and phone calls and best wishes! We look forward to introducing you to our daughter in the days to come.
Oh and, the winner of the guessing game/pool appears to be Amber Tompkins! I just have to double check what her length at birth was :)
9 comments:
you guys are good!! everything already updated....
so excited for you guys...and for me...cause I won the pool! :) I wrote a longer note on facebook....
Congratulations and love to all of you!
Congrats to you both!! You got your girl!! Aven, nice name(i new it would be unique)--what a honey!! Can't wait to meet your angel!!
woo hoo!! Congrats on a fabulous addition to your family. I love the name and look forward to meeting her soon!
Christy B. :)
Congratulations on your new baby girl! Love the name, very beautiful. Makes me want to have my baby even more!
i keep coming back to read this over and over. and i've had to restrain myself from jumping in the car and racing out to clinton! congrats, rest lots and don't forget to take care of yourself.
congratulations! what a beautiful baby girl! i love, love, LOVE the name! and i'm so very happy that you were able to deliver her at home! [my dreams of a homebirth - or for natural birth at all, for that matter - will never come true, so i live vicariously through other people!] i hope things are going well!
I just got a teary phone call from Kathleen in St. John's..."MoM!the baby is here! Check out the blog!"
I am so very happy for all of you and Aven is just soooo gorgeous!
Love to all....Kathleen's mom
(that would be Wendy)
Hayley, Justin,
Brian Dijkema here. We just heard from Anj.
Aven Lilly is beautiful! We're so happy for the both of you!
I hope things are going well for you all; she really is a lovely little girl.
BD
What a gorgeous Little Beauty .... but
then, just look at the Girl's PARENTS, hey? Oh, ya!
Congrats indeed and much love to all!
(Can't wait to see this charmer)
-- Uncle John & Aunt Maggie
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