Newborn

Abbie was born September 19th, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. in Logan, Utah. She was 8 pounds 1 ounce and 20 inches long.

Mom woke up at 12:30 a.m. Friday morning to find her water broken. We hurried to the hospital where going into labor seemed to be a popular thing - there were over twenty births within 24 hours of when we got there. Luckily, we got a labor and delivery room, while others had to labor in the halls.

Mary was in hard labor for several hours until the anesthesiologist was able to come. He was pretty popular amongst the moms-to-be and we had to wait our turn. She progressed quickly and by 7 a.m., we were ready to start pushing. We were all a little surprised to see dark black, curly hair on our little one as she came closer to being born. Mom pushed for two long hours, but finally Abbie was born. She was perfect!!! Please enjoy a little video of Abigail's first day in life and a few pictures of her first hours.

Abbie's video:
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5 minutes old and she already knows to stick her tongue out at doctors

Mary and Abbie - both pretty tired after labor and delivery

Woah!!! Check out that hair and the funky shaped head!

Sleeping beauty

Daddy thought it would be fun to touch his daughter...

... not a good idea.