Here She Comes

Carolyn Frances Thielen is finally here! She is so beautiful...but then again I'm very biased. This all happened very differently than Luke. Luke came early, but very stubbornly. Which of course is his personality; always rushing, but under his own terms. Carolyn came two days after my due date through induction, but she came as smoothly as any birth could. This too, is her personality; calm and easy going, but not without making a statement first. We dropped Luke off at Patti & Chris's house Monday night after spending a whole day together as our last day of a family of three. We did whatever Luke wanted to do and even took him to EnterTRAINment junction. I had never been away from Luke for more than a day so I felt sentimental. I tried to go to bed early, because we needed to leave for the hosiptal by 2:30a.m.. I laid awake thinking about how different we would be as a family and many questions entered my thoughts. ...