The 'Ei's Have It: Special Delivery

Allison Kathleen Eicholtz joined us at 1:01am, Saturday, February 12th 2011. She made her entrance weighing 8 lbs, 6 oz, 19.5 inches long (although she had a bit of a conehead, so probably more like 19 inches:o), and came complete with a full head of black hair and dark blue eyes! Chris thought of the name Allie (Allison) and Kathleen is Suz' Grandma Wintrode's name who passed away in November, but who we're pretty sure is checking in on her latest great-grandchild from above and smiling.

Suz started having contractions at work on Friday, stayed long enough to complete her day (and freak out her co-workers) and then went home for 2 hours and called the doctor. Before we called the doctor, we called Grandmom and Grandpa in North Carolina to let them know our progress. Grandpa said they would wait until the morning to make the drive up. Grandmom said 'let us talk about it.' Five minutes later, we received a call from them saying they were on their way. We made it to the hospital around 7pm and were admitted. A few short (although pre-epidural, they did NOT feel short) hours later, we were a family of three and extremely excited to finally meet our girl. So far Allie has been a very considerate baby. She let Suz make it through her last planned day of work; she waited until the Super Bowl and Duke vs. UNC games were over; she let her Grammy finish up her Hypothermia Shelter work the week before; and she let Grandmom and Grandpa make it in to Virginia with a couple hours to spare before she came.

We were allowed to stay in the hospital until Monday morning, but we felt good and ready to be at home with our little one so we made our way home Sunday afternoon. Here are a few pictures of our special delivery!