Welcome Lyla!

Lyla Joy was born April 18, 2019 and Nason Medical Center in Roaring Springs, Pennsylvania. Apologies for not posting yesterday, but it was a pretty busy day. Kelsey, Mom and I slept in the Brown House (Kelsey in Lyla's Room, Mom in "Ron's Room", and me on the Living Room couch). Katie and Mark left the house at about 4:45 AM. Kelsey, Mom and I thought we would sleep in and go to the hospital in time for the birth, but we were all awake after Mark and Katie left. We were all way to excited to sleep. Katie's C-section was the first one of the day and was schedule to start at 7:30, but was delayed about an hour and a half. Mark kept us updated by text message and even texted from the Operating Room. Lyla was brought to the Nursery with Mark, but we were only allowed to look at her through a window, which we did for about an hour. Lyla is very strong and robust (and a little chubby, like her Mother was when she was born!). She was 19.5 inches long and weight 7 pounds, 13 ounces. She was soft brown hair with a funny little blonde spot of hair right at the top of her head. I've never seen anything like it. Lyla's additional visitors on her first day out in the world include Uncle Ron, Aunt Bernice, and Ricky, Jeremiah and his wife, and Brian, Colleen and Alex Biem. Katie is doing remarkably well, with relatively little pain from the operation. Lyla had a slow start learning how to nurse, but took off later to become a big eater. Newborns often only nurse for 10-15 minutes, but Lyla nurses for 30-45 minutes at a time and always seems to be hungry. Can't wait to see her again today!