Eliza Fae Theisen
Born on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 at 1:46am in Manhattan, Kansas.
6lbs, 1oz. and 19in.
This photo was taken by Oma Marguerite just minutes after Eliza was born - just after the nurses brought her into the nursery. I know many of you have already seen it, but it is the only photo of little Eliza that I currently have, although I finished off a roll of film today and will get that processed soon - then there shall be much picture sharing!
All three of us have been doing well this week. We've very much enjoyed our babymooning - I think we are all a little disappointed that the end is so near and Tim has to head back to work tomorrow afternoon.
Learning to adjust to family life has been an interesting process, but so far things have been running quite smoothly - which has been a bit of a surprise to me. I've always heard about how the first few weeks with a new babe in the house are extremely trying (though extremely joyful nonetheless) but I can't say that is an accurate description of our experience this past week. We have certainly hit our learning curve in some areas (establishing good nursing skills after the hospital kept bottle-feeding Eliza in the nursery has been the biggest so far), but Eliza is thankfully such a mellow baby that adjusting our life to fit with her has been relatively pain-free. :::knocks on wood:::
To those of you who have called me I apologize for not returning your phone calls. All of you have very much been on my mind, but my free time and energy spurts have not really coincided. I hope to have you all called back in the next couple of days – sorry again for such a delay!
I’ve decided to cut this post shorter than I was intending to. I know there are several of you thirsting for details about the birth, I had intended to include it here, but because this post is becoming more lengthy than I expected I will be posting a recap of Eliza’s birthday in my next post.
