it's a girl!

madeline claire arrived on july 31 at 0205.
she weighed 9 lbs and 9.5 oz and weighed 21.25 inches!



thursday started with fears that sarah's water had broken. this wouldn't be an issue, but she wasn't really having regular contractions. she went to the birthing center where they checked her out and sent her home, basically telling her not to worry just yet (her water wasn't really broken). i kept in touch with her throughout the day and by 2200, i got a call from ray saying that sarah had been having regular contractions for about an hour. i was officially on stand-by. by 2300, sarah was calling me asking me to come to her house because ray kept falling asleep. gladly! i headed to their house and was there by 2320. by 0015 we were in the car on the way to the birthing center. by 0155 sarah was pushing and their beautiful baby girl was born at 0205. everything went beautifully and sarah was very glad to be able to carry the "little" bundle of joy in her arms!
we stayed at the birthing center for about 5 hours, letting the midwife and birth assistant monitor sarah & the new baby and making sure that everything was as it should be. i headed back to the proctor household to get my car and see the reactions of liv and jonah when they found out that their new baby sister had arrived overnight (they had already had plans to spend the night with ray's parents before sarah went into labor). they arrived home and the first question liv asked was "mommy, did the baby come yet?" when sarah said yes, liv's mouth dropped open in excitement and she ran to the bassinet. she inspected for a moment, then ran back to sarah and hugged her. so cute! jonah was excited too, but showed much less interest in wanting to hold and play with the new addition, he was more excited just to see his mom & dad. both the kiddos were excited about the birthday cake, though!
congratulations to my sister and her family! and

welcome to the world madeline claire!

baby madeline