Finally the new little Finkler arrived, after a few days of deliberating her name in the hospital, we decided on Isabella. There were a few other names in the running but nothing seemed to fit quite right and both Larry and I were having trouble agreeing on a name together. The name so far suits her perfectly! A descriptive word for her at 3 almost 4 weeks old, 'particular' - you can let your imagination take over with that one...
The whole story, Isabella arrived at 11.58PM on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010. After going in to be induced at 7.30PM that evening, the whole process finally got started around 9ish. And in the midst of one of the worst storms of the summer too! The computer in our birthing room actually went out with the lightning and the nurses were a bit more concerned with that than with the birth coming (must be because they didn't worry about me as much it being the 4th?!). Once labor got going, she arrived in record time and not too much later - the fact that she was born at 11.58PM meant however that that next 2 minutes on Thursday counted as a full day / night in the hospital according to insurance. So although I really love the peace and quiet of the hospital after having babies for 2 FULL days, only got 1 this time around unfortunately.
Isabella has the same milk protein allergy that 3 of the 4 Finkler babies have had - which means no milk of any kind (no butter, cheese, etc) in Mommy's diet in order for baby to be a happy camper. I can't even begin to tell you how much I LOVE those dairy foods that I can no longer have...but a necessity for now.
Will post more pic's of her later!
