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Our baby girl, Eleanor Isabel King , was born last night, February 3rd at 5:46pm. She weighed 7lbs 2oz and was 20 inches long. After a long day of labor and recovery, we got home around 3:30am, got situated, and took a much needed nap. She’s a beautiful, dark haired little girl. Everyone says she looks a lot like me. She definitely has my mouth and chin. 10 fingers, 10 toes.

Laura did a tremendous job in spite of hard, constant contractions. They averaged about 2-3 minutes apart all day, which made it hard for her to recover after each one. Her water broke Friday night at 11pm, but contractions didn’t start until around 10am, just after we ordered some breakfast at a cafe near the birth center. We got our food to-go, but didn’t get to eat it until around 7pm. Laura hardly slept at all from Friday morning until last night, but now she has 5 days of bed-rest to look forward to and she’s doing very well.

We’re starting to settle in a little better. We’ll be catching some sleep whenever we can in 2-hour increments as we get up to feed and check Eleanor’s temperature. Maddie is handling things quite well. Laura’s afraid she’ll jump into the pack-and-play in our room where the baby will be sleeping for the next few days. She’s curious, but has been very good.

We’ll be posting more information on her website along with photos, so be sure to check it out: http://eleanor.madrogue.com