Towne Family Blog

August 10th, at 9:13 am

7 lbs 15.5 oz

20 inches long

13 inches head circumference for the hard-core scorers


Labor was about 6.75 hours (Dalen here...actually it started at 10:40pm & ended at 9:13am.). Bill slept through about an hour of it. Dalen got to pull the baby girl out of her own womb, which made it extra special for her. She didn't say the kid was "beautiful", but, "slippery".

Here is Dalen at about 3:00 am

Here is Dalen banging her head against the wall after an hour or so (an hour after we got to the hospital... 41/2 hours into labor).


Here is Dalen after her epidural. Notice the frown upside down.

Don't scream too loud at the nurses...they'll literally tear your tongues out...I found these hidden in a drawer.


The air conditioning was set at about 45°. Perhaps this is to make it easier for the baby to attach for feeding.

Here is the first photo of Ada Lynn, just out of the oven. Nice set of hair, huh? She weighs just less than 8 pounds. Since the nurse guessed that she weighed 8 pounds, she decided to round up on the official papers so that she would be correct.

First meal for Ada. Dalen hadn't eaten in quite awhile.

Ada's first big cry.

The first decent photo of her that I got. It was hard to get her to open her eyes.

Future Sumo wrestler?

She didn't like her first bath one bit.

Aunt Libby, the Savior of the week. She took the whole week off to help us out, even though she knew that the baby might not come this week.

Mom feeling much better.

Libby was the first one to cry when she saw Ada. Maybe she saw a bit of me in her?

Liam liked being gentle with the new baby.

Two new doctors operating on the new baby.

Two happy (for now) older siblings.

Mom, bursting with energy!

My goodness, what happened?!

18 years of this?

Libby's best shot of Liam and the baby. She was pretty proud of this one.

Helena (kind of) holding the baby.