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Papa Mark can still make a baby fall asleep fast. (He has always had that special touch)

Baby Claire is now a little over 24 hours old. Tonight she will be able to ring in the new year with everyone.

Claire's First and Only Day of 2008

Today the physicians gave Claire the big thumbs up on her exam. They performed a hearing test which she passed with flying colors. Shannon is sore from her c-section but is all smiles about baby Claire. We will be watching the New Years ball drop from our hospital room! Harry Sr. is sure he heard the word papa out of Claire's mouth, but the likelyhood of a one-day-old baby speaking is pretty slim.

CLAIRE ELIZABETH DURBIN

Claire Elizabeth Durbin

Born: December 30, 2008

Time: 5:33 PM

Length: 21 1/4 inches

Weight: 7 pounds, 9 ounces

IN THE DELIVERY ROOM

Shannon and Harry D. just went into the delivery room. We should see them in about an hour with a new baby!!!!!!!!

Stay tuned...more updates coming soon.

IT'S ALMOST TIME

This is the diaper cake Amanda made for the baby. Isn't it so cute?!?!?!

We are all in the hospital room. Shannon and Harry D. are due to go back for a C-Section any minute now. The nurse told us it would take about an hour for the procedure once they go back. It's been a looooong day, but I think they're ready. Harry D. and Shannon have been here since 5:30 and the rest of us since about 7:30.

Here's a recap of what's gone on:

• Dr. Tsaltas came in broke Shannon's water


• They started the contractions shortly after
  
• Harry D. has taken a couple of naps


• Baby Claire is stuck so the doctor decided to do a C-Section


• Dave and Erica came to visit and brought Baby Claire her first baloon


• We're all waiting
  

Stay tuned...more to come soon.....

Christmas

Harry and I had a great first Christmas together. Believe it or not, Claire had the biggest Christmas celebration! We are looking forward to her real 1st Christmas. (she already has a dress to wear) Thank you to all our friends and family for a wonderful Christmas.
We really enjoyed making Christmas dinner for The Durbin's. We can't wait until the day we have our own house and can make a meal for all of our family.
Tuesday the 30th is still the big day! One of my presents for Christmas was a video camera, so we will hopefully learn how to load videos of Claire onto the blog, but Harry will definitely be posting some pictures once she is born.
I am so excited that our next post will be to announce the arrival of little Claire!

Keep Praying!