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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Outdone by a Little - and I mean little - Baby!

Touche, baby sister! Nice touch on the whole premature birth thing!
I heard through the grapevine that my track record for drama has been shattered. Mommy is AWOL again and this time it has a lot to do with the perhaps not-so-shocking news of the century: our little sister, Raia Jansezian, was born on Monday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m.

Eight weeks early.  


Plus she caused mommy to spend an inordinate amount of time beforehand (and now afterwards) in a hospital.


She will steal the spotlight for at least the next few weeks, making mommy and abba traipse back and forth between Lucas and I at home and Raia at the hospital. Raia may actually beat my own hospital-stay record in just the first month of her life! Although she is not allowed to count the time (about 20 days) from before she was born. That wouldn't be fair.


Lucas and I have yet to see evidence of her arrival, which occurred less than 24 hours ago. Apparently she is a top-secret baby. If she does exist, we other babies will not be able to lay an eye or a hand on her until she is discharged from the hospital. And after 7 months of manhandling mommy's belly, this is going to be a rough time for us to have to abstain.


Raia's first few portraits will be just like mine - replete with wires and tubes, under a heating lamp and in a preemie ward.


She was on track to be the biggest of all the Jansezian babies, threatening to pass the 8 or 9 lb mark if she waited till week 40. That was good though since she clocked in at 1.970 kilos at week 31, well surpassing 4 pounds.


All in all, Raia (pronounced rye-uh) is off to a good start physically and dramatically. She is going to fit in great with Lucas - Italian soccer player drama queen - and myself - the ultimate king and diva of all sorts of theatrics.



5 comments:

  1. She's just precious! Congratulations on the arrival of your sweet, dramatic, tiny little sister! Woohoo!

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  2. Perfectly beautiful! Love you guys and praying for this little princess to pack on the pounds so she can join everybody at home!!

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  3. congratulations to you all. She looks beautiful. I'm praying for her continued strength and growth and a speedy recovery for all. God's blessing to you.

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  4. Congratulations! Raia is gorgeous. So happy for your beautiful family <3

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