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March 28, 2007
Please welcome PUPPY ALFIE!
This puppy is currently known, only as "Puppy".
We will be naming him this weekend in a lavish naming ceremony set in the plush surrounds of my living room. Our puppy is a Norwich Terrier and he is so awesome. I drove all the way to Phoneix, AZ on March 24th to pick him up. I also posted the photos on flickr. I am completely in love with him.
We named him Alfie, officially Gordon "Alfie" Shumway.
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March 4, 2007
Please Welcome Danika Secord Mislang!
In the middle of the night, at around 3:15 am Lara knocked on our bedroom door. Ryan woke a second or two before me, I jolted awake to the words "It's Time!" I was completely out of it and totally excited. Once I realized what was happening, I also wouldn't shut up. "What? What? Really?? Wow! okay, lets see, wow! Really? now? Are you sure? Are you okay? Why did you walk over here? Where is Robert? How soon are we going? Did your water break? What time is it.?I'm gonna get clothes on, I gotta bring my camera, where is my CF card? Ryan, where is my purse? I essentially blabbed myself awake. I dressed and headed over to their house.
The first thing I said outside was, "Oh my look at that moon!" The full moon was so bright. I knew that the day before there had been a total lunar eclipse. In Lara's house (next door) we gathered some things, and then the power went out. Apparently it had happened once already! How weird. Full moon, baby coming power outage, what else?
We arrived at the hospital and went in through the emergency entrance. We were checked into Labor & Delivery room two. This kicked off over 11 hours of labor! (A bit more than with Miles.) Mom and Dad Secord arrived around 5:30am and we all settled in with various munchies and bready items. I called to check on Ryan, who was back home babysitting Miles. Ryan insisted that Miles was too busy having fun to notice that Mom and Dad were absent. (Ryan is so good with Miles.)
Dr. Echt arrived to get things going around 10am. Beautiful Danika arrived at 2:08pm — she weighed in at 6lbs 15 oz and measured 19 inches To me she looks just like Miles did, but definitely more girly! She came out alert, cried for a short while and then gazed around at her mom and dad. Her color was good, and Lara only pushed for about 45 minutes (same as with Miles). She did an awesome job and now they have a 4 person family! So cool.
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