Introducing our granddaughter.........

Avery Grace Stone

Avery arrived this morning, 9/26/07 at 7:37 am, weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 oz and is 20 1/2 inches long. Melissa had a very long hard labor but came through it beautifully. She looked forward to her epidural when she got to 5 centimeters. The epidural didn't work!!! To make a long story short, she had no pain relief until they finally made the decision to replace her epidural at 9 centimeters......kind of late but well worth it to Melissa. It actually allowed her to sleep for a couple of hours until she reached 10 centimeters. Melissa was exhausted but Avery wasn't waiting any longer and arrived on her own time. She has lots of dark hair and big hands and feet. Melissa, Gavin and Avery are all doing excellent!

This was a very emotional experience for me to watch my daughter going through such a hard night and then watching Avery be born. Words can never describe the feeling. She is beautiful and I cannot wait to spoil her rotten! She makes a perfect addition to our family. We've all decided that she's definately a keeper!!

Sofia Mae Andrade Has Arrived!

I had a very interesting weekend as you can see from these pictures! As most of you know, my little sister Lisa was also expecting a baby. She and Melissa are two weeks apart in age and their babies will be about two weeks apart as well. Lisa had what I would consider a dream delivery. They induced labor beginning at 9:30 pm and Sofia was born at 4:43 am. Boy, if we could all have it that easy! Lisa did really awesome during labor and delivery. No yelling at all which as some of you that know her would know that Lisa would have no problem telling someone if she was the least bit irritated with them. Felipe was such a trooper and did a great job. He is such a proud Papa. It was great practice for me and an awesome experience.

I am now ready to meet Avery!! It won't be much longer. It's exciting to have new babies in the family. Melissa is out of work now on modified bed rest. It looks like Avery will be making her appearance before her due date of the 29th. If Melissa hasn't gone into labor by her 39th week, they will be scheduling an induction. Melissa and Gavin had a Jack & Jill given by Gavin's sister Gigi and her husband Matt on Saturday night. It was a very nice shower and they received lots of great gifts.