Hello World .... It's me!

Dear Claire -
It's mom. I've started this blog as a way of keeping a journal for you. Our family blog will cover our activities and things that we do, but this blog is all about you. In a show, cue-by-cue means that the actors and tech crew examine the details of the show going step by step, making it perfect. That's exactly what this blog is going to be -this is your cue-by-cue Claire. It will go into the details of your life and the day to day fun that we have together. One day I hope to publish this blog into a book so you can have a copy for yourself, and know how much you are loved.

Claire, you were born on March 27th, 2010 at 11:31 at night.

Here's the story that we tell everyone:

She's Here! And extremely early I must say - 2 weeks!
It started out as a normal weekend until I woke up at 3 o' clock in the morning with contractions that were fairly regular. To keep my mind off the pain I took a shower, rocked in the baby room, and tried to sleep all while Kelland followed me around the house with a worried look on his face. We tried to make it a normal Saturday by running errand and buying me a cute robe to wear in the hospital just in case this was the real thing. In Walmart they started coming every 2-3 minutes.
Kelland, "I'm taking you to the hospital."
Me: "No, I just have to hold on long enough to get to the shower in two hours." - My best friend Annie threw me a 'theater friend' shower with all the people I've done shows with in the last couple of years and I was so excited about it!
Kelland: "Ashley, that's ridiculous, we're going now."
They checked me, called my doctor and asked if we wanted to have a baby today. After missing my vein 3 times for my iv, I got my epidural and life was so much happier :)

She was born at 11:31 on March 27.
She weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces and 18 and a half inches long.
She got her hair from her father because I was bald until I was 2!

After birth however she's had a few problems - breathing, jaundice, dehydration and a possibility of having a dangerous infection called Group Beta Strep.
Time sure jumbles together when you have been living in the NICU and hospital for a week.