August 31, 2018

Still at the hospital! Had a fun photo shoot. 

Vivian is doing a great job getting used to life on the outside. 

Mr. Geoff and Ms. Hoa stopped by!

And Mark is having a blast! He might not want to come home. He got to go out on the Lashes boat. 

And because we don’t have enough going on, we also had to deal with our apartment being remodeled. They did it all in three days and spent the last day cleaning up. Great timing!!! So thankful that they put a rush on our apartment to finish us up this week. Yikes!

August 31, 2018

Day 3 at the hospital!

Tom, Viv, and I are still at the hospital. Many thanks to Uncle Dave’s friend Todd for the free parking. 

Vivian is an escape artist. 



Love bug!




Ms. Hoa came to visit. 

Tom and Vivian have the same hands!

Meanwhile- check out Newport fun!!

Love,

Betty

August 30, 2018

Hello! Met my baby sister today. 

She really is small. 




Open wide for a paci!

Same kiss, different angle. Adults are crazy about taking photos. 




But baby sister really looks like me!

Grandma, grandpa and I had some of our own adventures. 

Where are the grandma pics from today? Need to do a better job, adults!

Love, 

Marky 

August 29, 2018

Baby Vivian is here!

Vivian Marie Henry, 7 pounds, 0 ounces, 18.5”  inches long, 35.5 cm head. Born on August 28, 2018 at 10:47am. 

Mom says a planned c section is very civilized. You just check in and say you are here to have a baby. Mom’s nurse was Nurse Maggie. She was from Dorchester and had a thick accent. Beth Israel has tons of med students, residents, and fellows. We got asked to participate in research studies. One on cord blood, one on meds to make you not get cold shakes during a c section. 

They prepped mom for an hour then led her back to the OR. They gave her some sort of spinal rapid numbing medicine and placed an epidural. Mom started throwing up then gross! Then dad got to go in, and they got baby Vivian out in probably ten minutes. She got weighed, and they took her Apgar scores (9 and 9).  Then dad got to hold her while they stitched mom up. Mom, dad and Vivian went back to the recovery room afterwards. There were lots of patients by that time, including one ten pound baby. Once mom could move her legs again they got to go downstairs to their own room. 

Vivian and I really look alike!

Selfie!

And grandma stopped by! She took an Uber. 

I get to go visit tomorrow, then grandma, grandpa and I are off to Newport!

Love you all!!!

Marky