10/26/2010
I don’t normally turn on my cell phone at night. But, you know, Mel’s due date was coming up, so I woke up and just turned it up in case.
When the phone rang at 5:15, I saw it was Brock, but my brain was tired after a night of disturbed sleep. “Do you call all your relatives at this time of night?”
“No, Coral. You’re the first on the list.”
Oh. Right. When I had showered and shoved together an “I-really-was-planning -to-prepare-a-bag-before-you-went-into-labor-oh-why-didn’t-I-do-laundry-yesterday” bag, I ran out the door. It was pouring. Not just pouring, I discovered as I got on the interstate. NPR kept stopping programming to warn me of tornado watches all over the state as a record low barometric pressure system moved into the midwest. Also, it was raining so hard I could barely see.
But I made it. In time, too, even though Evangeline was in a hurry.
And she’s perfect. Just ask her brother.
Oh my goodness. There’s something about that picture of Asher that gave me a vivid flashback to Little Ember!
Btw, congratulations, Mel & Brock!!
Now that you say that, I can see her hugging her Puffy and making that exact face. :-) Auntie Em will be thrilled that Asher looks like her.
So sweet! Congratulations. And also congratulations on making it through the rain.
Congratulations, Auntie! She’s beautiful, Asher looks so proud, and I love her name! I’ve never been to a birth (other than my own and my children’s). I’m totally jealous!
:-) You should go to one if you get a chance. It’s really amazing. Thanks.