PHILIPPA VIRGINIA IS HERE!
September 27, 2018 11:06pm Philippa Virginia joined us after 39 weeks of growing! She weighed 8lbs 3oz (one ounce shy of 40wk Paul), and she's been a relaxed, happy, and great sleeping baby for the past 3 months. Her name has caused a bit of confusion, so let's clear that up first before we get into her arrival story and on to our regular life of 6. Philippa (pronounced PHIL-ip•a) is common in English-speaking countries ... 'cept the US. And common nicknames include Pip and Pippa. All of those names we use for our new little deary, whom we called Pip (as in avocado pip, remember?) in utero. So there ya have it; explanation done. That Thursday morning got us excited as we called our overnight help around 5am because things had gotten a little more interesting with contractions throughout the night. We got to the hospital around 6, and by 7, they'd sent me home. Wut. This was my fourth pregnancy, and I thought I knew what was going on, but my body had quite a bit