Great Timing

 

I am going to let Kathryn do most the blogging from this point about our little girl, but I had to write a quick note about how great Mary Laine timed her entrance into our world.  Not only were Kathryn's parents, brother (back at Harvard), and sister (back at Birmingham-Southern) able to be at the hospital when Kathryn had the baby, my parents had decided just in the last month to make a trip to Greenwood for the New Year.  

So when we headed to the hospital (not knowing at that point if we were going to have the baby immediately) they stayed at our house and put Deacon to bed.  The next morning (after discarding Deacon at Cooper Animal Hospital - sorry Deacon!) they were able to come up and see their grandchild and visit for a good while before heading back to Atlanta.  It could not have worked out better, and we are so thankful that they were here to help get us to the hospital (we didn't have to worry about taking care of our puppy dog) and more importantly that they were able to spend time with us post-labor laughing and crying with our new born Mary Laine.  

Thank you mom and dad (Dyksterhouse) from the bottom of our hearts for making the trip down and for being flexible with our crazy schedule.  Thank you mom and dad (Sturdivant) for all the help you have been during these 9 weeks of bed rest, and an anticipatory thanks for all the help you will be as we do our best to take care of Mary Laine.  You both mean so much to us.  We are saving a lot of family and friend pics, but I just couldn't wait to post these of our immediate family.