Cora Ann Skousen

Cora Ann Skousen was born yesterday, July 5th 2007, at 1:24pm. She weighed 8lbs 6oz and measured 20 inches long. Allison and Cora are both doing great. Cora has passed all her tests and she's very good at opening her eyes and looking around. She has a nice head of hair and long fingernails. We're still trying to figure out who she looks the most like. We can't really tell yet. We are very grateful that there were no complications, that she has 10 fingers and toes, and that I was able to make it in time.

Labor went relatively well. Allison started have contractions on July 4th that were about 20-30 minutes apart. By the evening they were becoming more frequent so I bought a plane ticket and packed my bag. I arrived home at about 10:30pm and we were in the hospital by 1:30am with contractions about 5 minutes apart. After being checked in the hospital, labor stayed about the same with no major progress. Our doctor came in a 7:00am and broke her water and then labor stopped. Needless to say, after some putosin (spelling?) things picked up again and Cora was born at 1:24pm.

We're having fun changing diapers, holding her, watching her open her eyes, and having friends and family come by to see us. Allison is doing great... even with a 12 hour labor. She is up and walking around today and we're both just amazed at how everything went. It feels surreal and wonderful. We're excited and nervous but can't wait to get to know her.

Here are few pictures of her...