We Now Resume Our Broadcast

Sorry for the delay. The hospital's network limits what guest users can send out and it took me all day to find the wire to attach my camera to the computer.
This Yarden's first picture. She blinked.
Afterwards Aliyah felt a little woozy from the drugs.
Both recovered quickly. Aliyah felt strong enough to hold Yarden about an hour after leaving the O.R.
Aliyah tired to teach Yarden how to thumb wrestle.
Yarden quickly re-invented the sneak attack using charm and her gums in place of her index finger. Aliyah was gracious in defeat.
We hated to put her down, and she didn't like it much either, but she had visitors... Bubbie and Grandpa.
She sized up Bubbie first.
I gave Yarden the secret sign that Bubbie was okay.
Yarden relaxed.

Then Kendal, Clarke and Gina burst in. They had been checking every room in Maternity and the hospital police were after them, so we gave them asylum.
I think this is before Kendal cried.
Gina refused to trade Brady for Yarden because Yarden isn't housebroken.
Visiting hours were over so I took Grandpa and Bubbie back to Sycamore.
Yarden went to sleep unsure if the outisde-Aliyah world was real or if it had all been a dream.
The next morning Dr. Shahedee came by. We were very happy to see her, but it felt a little weird to have this close a connection with someone I interviewed once 2 months ago and have not spoken to since. Still, I know we picked the right doctor for us. She gave it to us straight and was pleasant to talk to. I still have a little trouble wrapping my mind around the idea that Dr. Walden and Dr. Shahedee really adjusted their lives around our family.
After Bubbie and Grandpa arrived, I left to finish getting the house ready for Yarden. I can't believe she's one day old and has already run out of closet space.


In the evening, more people came to visit so I went back to the hospital.
Alan, Sonja, and little Jocelyn came first. The girls nursed together. Alan had made me a New Dad Survival Kit: Beef Jerky, Powerade, and other stuff non-patients may need for a long stay at the hospital.
Deb came too. She's been very helpful in getting the word out to people who I may have lost touch with.
Alexa and James showed up.
James thought if he saw the baby, he would pass out so he sat on the other side of the privacy curtain.
Unfortunately he accidentally caught a glimpse of the baby.
I was able to revive him with a book on sharks James is reading to study for the 7th Grade.
Dan came by too. He brought six or seven meals from Jerry's deli. I was able to snap this picture just before he was sure he would drop her.
Time for sleep again. We will resume transmissions tomorrow.