Simply Breathtaking

By Sarah on July 24, 2006 11:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Allana Ann McQuoid was born on July 24, 2006 at 12:40pm. She was 9 lbs. 3 oz and 20" long. Needless to say, she was a big baby. But, her mother is 5' 11" and her father is a big guy, so she follows in her parents footsteps.

There was so much love in one room today, that it just simply took your breath away. You could just see it written all over Abby's face as she held her daughter. You could just tell how much Abby meant to both of them as they were talking. Both parents were tired after not having any sleep for 48 hours, but they were both very much at peace. There was defniitely no question of how much they loved each other and their daugher. Drew, Paula (Drew's mom) and Abby talked about the delivery. Paula is a nurse, but she'd never been present for a delivery. Drew was telling about a few of the contractions that hurt really bad and he said "the worst part was I couldn't do anything. I just wanted her not to hurt anymore. It almost made me cry." And Paula told about how much of a miracle a birth is and the fact that there were no complications at all with the delivery.

Allana is simply perfect. Her head is almost perfectly round and when she looks like she's about to cry she squishes her face together and turns a little pink. She couldn't be more beautiful and her parents couldn't love her more. There were moments when everyone in the room just sat and looked at the baby because she was just so precious. Drew said it was just so amazing to finally see what she looked like after nine months and in spite of being sore, Abby had the radiant glow of a new mother. It was as if just looking at her and the baby could melt all the worries away even if it was only for a moment.

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