Introducing...

Elizabeth Ann Long and Miranda Alison Long

6lbs 7oz & 7lbs 2oz, born at 6:35am & 6:37, respectively. 20 fingers and 20 toes. Beautiful. Mother and girls are all doing well.


We'd been planning to have a 9:30am c-section, but the girls were determined to make a grand entrance, so Rachel's water broke at 4am, and we were off to the hospital then. In the labor & delivery triage there was some debate over whether we should just sit tight and keep our 9:30am appointment. However, when Rachel went from 4cm to 10cm in about half an hour, we were off to the races.

I suited up and met them in the operating room, and kept Rachel company while they did their mysterious business on the other side of the curtain. A nurse asked me if I wanted to watch the operation, and I couldn't tell whether she was kidding.

There were no hitches, and soon enough we heard a little yelp, and then another, and suddenly our family was complete.