Mending Fences

If you've been following my blog or If you've stumbled across some of my older posts, or if you're a close friend and you know my situation, you likely know that I've had some family issues in the past. I talked rather openly and freely about many topics, but the one that caused me the most pain and anger had to do with my father. For a long time we were not getting alone or even speaking. It was the hardest and most confusing thing I've dealt with. I'm not going to get into specifics as to why things were the way they were. There is no need to rehash the past, nor is there any reason to place blame on anyone or anything. People fight. People disagree. Bad things can happen even when the intent is good. In the end what matters most is that I have my dad back in my life. He's a rather private man, so I'm just going to leave our story alone, but I had to throw this picture up on my blog. It makes me happier than words can express.

Welcome Miss Ellie

Eleanor Kenley Mabey was born July 1st 2013 at 7:50am.

Baby is perfectly healthy and Momma was a champ! Everything worked out perfectly and now our family is complete. The surgery was much easier on Jill this time around. Being in labor for 19 hours the last time made things much worse. When I got to see her in recovery she looked amazing. You'd have never known just by seeing her and talking with her that she was minutes removed from major surgery.

Eleanor AKA Ellie, AKA Rigby, AKA eEK is perfect. Zero health problems. She is a cutie too. So similar to how her sister looked when she was born, we have some pictures of the girls that friends and family can not correctly make out who is who! She came in a whole pound less than Lucy, which isn't a bad thing. All the nurses kept talking about how much Ellie was their favorite baby in the hospital and how sweet our little eEK's disposition is.

So you're probably wondering what eEK is all about? Despite the fact that she does have a major set of lungs on her, she doesn't cry too much. But she does make lots of coo's and cute noises. One of those noises sound like an "eek". Being that her initials are EK, I've stylized the name as such, eEK. Since I am a huge Beatles fan, you can probably make the connection to the Rigby nickname.

So my concerns about loving two children equally has diminished. I adore my Ellie. As she continues to grow from a potato into a little girl, I'm sure my love will grow leaps and bounds, just as it did with Lucy. Having these two kids just feels right. Not that I am not overwhelmed. After coming home today and the visitors left, Lucy turned in the Tasmanian Devil and destroyed the house, ignored her parents, blatantly disobeyed, and whined. A lot. We made it through the day however, and we will continue to push onwards.

I'll write later about the whole experience welcoming Eleanor into our lives later, but for now I just wanted to throw out an update about her and Jill.

Oh, and no worrying was necessary. The hospital was packed to the brim with Lorna Doone cookies. Plus, my father in law bought me a box of my own to help me make it through the next little while. ;)