Dear Isla, This morning as your Daddy was getting ready to go to work, he held you all bundled up in his arms. He was talking to me about something, and gazed down at you. Mid-sentence he stopped, smiled, and said, “She gets more beautiful every day.” Your daddy loves you so much, Baby Girl,...
Isla (pronounced eye-la) Grace Marshall was born on October 17th, at 8:53pm, in Shanghai, China. She weighed 3.26 kg (7 lbs, 3 oz) and was 51 cm (20 in) long. We are SO in love!!!
Today marks the 38th week of our pregnancy! Who knows, this could have been the last day we have to sleep in for a very long time. We relished this waning freedom, and stayed snuggled in bed for a while after we woke up. Sunlight was streaming through the windows and the cats were cuddled...
It’s 4:57 on Tuesday afternoon and we just heard a shuffling noise outside our front door. Turns out it’s an electrician who is here to install a new light fixture in Isla’s nursery. We asked a coworker to arrange for the electrician to come to our house sometime this week, but never heard back from...
Today marks the 36-week of our pregnancy (hello, 9th month!). Yesterday we had our weekly check up, in which we listened to Isla’s heartbeat (and her hiccups- so cute!), reviewed my daily blood sugar results, and took a little peek at our baby girl, via ultrasound. The whole experience was overwhelmingly positive, and I walked...
