~Aug 23 2006~

~Jasmine Trixie Fowler ~ Is Born~

~She weighed 7lbs 5oz~ and was 21 inches long~

She was born at our new house. And it ended up being a water birth.

Labour stared at about 8:30pm on Aug 22 and 14 hours later

I was holding my first baby.

When the midwife handed her to me the first thing I thought,

and actually said was "she looks like ABE."

She had a squished up nose with a crease on top and wrinkly brow.

And enough meat on her boned to look healthy, not skinny

like most of the new babies I have seen.

She had big dark eyes, Lots of black hair that came down onto

her face and actually connected with her eye-brows.

She also had sideburns!!

She was very awake and alert and aware of what

was going on around her. When we would talk to her she would

look up at our faces. And she actually smiled for Joe

when he was taking these pictures!!

And look at those big Fowler feet. her feet were longer than

my longest finger! and they were rather tall and bulky as well.