Introducing Elizabeth Mary Jarvis

Dear Friends and Family,

We are very happy and proud to announce the arrival of Elizabeth Mary Jarvis. She was born on Sunday 13 December at 5:54pm, 9lbs and 22 inches long. Beatrice is enjoying being a big sister and is excited to hang another stocking for Santa to fill with those tasty "lolly-canes"

Love,

Sarah & Zach

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We have a new (secure!) website for our future blog updates. I will send out emails with that information. If you haven't received an email from me by the end of the year, send me an email or comment on this site with your email address (I moderate all comments, so you're info won't be posted). Looking forward to sharing more pictures and stories about Beatrice and Elizabeth with you via the new site!

Waiting, waiting, waiting

We spent the time after Beatrice's birthday (me at 37.5 weeks pregnant)...waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Though hard to believe from the photos, I didn't actually get that much bigger. So we hung out, and started getting ready for Christmas.

...and Grandma Elizabeth's arrival! Once she arrived, we decorated for real. With new tacky Christmas stuff added in!

Per doctor's orders we did go out and do some fun things while Grandma Wibbs was here (as opposed to just sit around and will the baby out). We spent a lovely afternoon and lunch at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Which inspired us to do a gingerbread house with Beatrice. Beatrice decorated with "lollycanes" (her new word - candy canes + lollipops).

I couldn't believe it when I reached 39 weeks pregnant. So incredibly uncomfortable. Seriously. Especially as contractions had been going on for about a week off and on! But we did have distractions - Jas came to visit one evening. And Beatrice had lots of time with Grandma Wibbs and Daddy ("Dad-a", as she calls him sometimes)

Then finally, after changing Grandma Wibb's ticket from Tuesday 15th to Friday 18th, labor really started (on Dec 12th). Beatrice started walking everywhere with a very wide-legged stance (guess who walks like that these days?) Grandma Wibb's took a picture of the 3 of us prior to going to the hospital.

Unfortunately it turned out to be our first trip (of 3!) to the hospital, but you get the point...baby was coming soon!