First hurdle was finding out that I was due March 9th, 2010. That was one of the LAST days I'd ever want a child born on... all for personal reasons that I won't delve into now. But the baby would come when it wanted, so couldn't change that.
Second was picking out a name. Em had been easy since we'd had the name picked out for a girl since before we'd married. Now, though... clean slate. Dan was great with the boy names: Thor, Hercules, Legend, Fortune, Zeus, etc. You get the picture. I was a little bit more picky (wanted the name to sound good with Emerald, go well with the last name, etc.). Didn't have anything specific in mind though. When we found out we were having another girl, it took all of Dan's suggestions out of the running. We couldn't agree on anything (except middle name ~ Marie after his mom's middle name)... until a fellow scrapper made a suggestion at retreat ~ Ireland. Eureka! Went well with Emerald, sounded good with our last name. We loved it!
March 9th came and no baby. I had an appointment that day with our OB. We made the decision to induce the next day (mainly so my doctor could deliver because he was on call and the next time he'd be on call would be 2 weeks from then). My water was broke at 9:14 am on March 10 and Ireland was born at 12:56 pm. A second gorgeous baby girl!
I'm thankful for a second beautiful daughter who is sassy, witty, a cuddle bug, a true observer and very smart. She's an animal lover like her parents and already loves to try to help me around the house. I love her to pieces and couldn't imagine life without her.
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