...I woke up on New Year's Day groggy, dehydrated, and had a rockin' headache. Sounds like we had a pretty wild night, right?
Right.
You see, at 1:36 a.m. on December 31, I received a text from Molly Marine, "At the hospital. :)" It was time for baby Molly Marine!
We waited all day for news. We worried as the day got later and later. Meckenzie and I texted all day, wondering when the baby, who we decided should be named after us (naturally), would finally arrive.
At 5:00 p.m. I broke down and texted Molly's sister, and she continued to text me over the next few hours with updates, which I then texted to Meckenzie.
Then things started to get a little loopy.
My real question is: what did people DO before texting and Facebook when they went into labor? Did they just go to the hospital and people found out a few days later they'd given birth? Via carrier pigeon? A handwritten letter, perhaps?
At 12:24 a.m. on January 1, fireworks were going off outside and I was sitting in bed waiting for the next text. At 1:48 a.m. it came, "Baby born! Healthy!! No name yet!!!" I sighed, rolled over, and fell fast asleep (for the next few minutes until Clara was up to eat). Even Ken got in on the action, asking me as I turned the light off, "That baby born yet?"
I always knew Molly was a trooper. You don't survive deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq without having a little bit of tough in your DNA. But 24+ hours of labor? That takes her to a whole other level of trooper in my mind.
Can't wait to meet the little Molly Marine, who does have a name now - Elizabeth. Perfect little Lizzie, born to two Marine Captains on 1/1 at 1:11 a.m.
.....good thing you are a night owl like me!
Imagine having to wait a few days for this news....
L,M
Posted by: MOM | 06 January 2012 at 12:30 AM
Love the name Elizabeth. And what an awesome birth date and time! My Nan still has telegrams that she received when some members of the family were born - and they aren't really that old.
Posted by: Brooke | 06 January 2012 at 04:38 AM
i love this! hooray elizabeth and molly!
xoxo.
Posted by: gabby | 06 January 2012 at 08:44 AM
what a perfect birthday! :)
Posted by: melanie | 06 January 2012 at 09:13 AM
I'm still sooooo drunk. Drunk off of the excitement of the baby. Get it. See what I did there? Can't wait to meet her!!!
Posted by: meckenzie | 06 January 2012 at 11:10 AM
Well there's a L in Elizabeth and Laura and there's a Z in Elizabeth and Meckenzie...totally just like she named them after both of you :)
Posted by: Steph H | 06 January 2012 at 04:27 PM
Aw. Welcome to your newest special little one!
Posted by: Barb | 07 January 2012 at 09:18 AM
Awww, I love that you two were following along and those texts are hilarious. It was definitely quite the countdown to 2012, and a very long labor, but Elizabeth is just perfect! Can't wait for you to meet her.
Posted by: Molly | 09 January 2012 at 11:56 AM
Hello friends! If you have captured NEW YEAR FIREWORKS 2012 then participate in www.talentidols.com/newyearsfireworks
Posted by: Best New Year Fireworks | 12 January 2012 at 05:37 AM
What did I do before I could text/facebook? Had a pretty productive, erudite life... Well, so long...
Posted by: Scleritis | 17 January 2012 at 04:53 AM