Miss Allie Eileen!

Today, we went out in the windy, snowy cold because we just NEEDED to see our newest little granddaughter, Allie Eileen! After all, it had been a couple of days!

She arrived almost two weeks ago, January 30, to her proud dad and mom, Dillon & Tiffany, and big sister, Emma Pearl.

We’ve been waiting with bated breath for a few weeks as there were signs that she was ready to arrive much earlier. But the signs would come and go. We’d be certain that the day had arrived, ready to pick up Emma to stay here, only to have to temper our excitement when everything calmed down again.

And so it went until the day before the scheduled c-section. Emma came to our house the night before as Mommy & Daddy had an early check-in at the hospital. We were so excited to meet her baby sis the next day. We knew Emma would have a sister, but we didn’t know what her name would be.

Well, we didn’t, but Emma thought it should be DeeDee.

As God is so often gracious beyond our expectations, Tiffany really did go into labor at midnight! The next morning when her doctor arrived to perform a c-section, he instead got to deliver 9lb. 4oz. Allie Eileen. There were none of the problems that led to the c-section with Emma, and a much, much better recovery for Tiffany!

If Allie had waited just 12 hours longer, they would never have known that Tiff could have a birth without complications! God knows! She came at JUST the right time!

And she is little sweetheart! I was surprised that she wasn’t a carbon copy of Emma in her looks. Allie has dark hair, and quite a bit of it. Emma was bald with blond fuzz. Allie’s eyes aren’t as round and wide open as Emma’s. It seems to me that Allie looks more like her dad did as a baby. Though, as the days go by, I do see more Emma, and Tiffany.

It doesn’t matter who she looks like! She’s going to be her own little person – already is: content until she realizes that her tummy is empty, and then it’s no holds barred expressing her distress. Oh, we can’t wait to get to know her well!!

Emma is pretty proud to be the big sister/helper. Apparently, her favorite task to observe diaper changes and rate whether the mess is a “doozy” or less. That’s our Emma! Initially, Emma would correct us when we called her sister Allie, as she was quite committed to her chosen name of DeeDee. Fortunately, it didn’t take long for her to realize she had no vote on it so she might as well call her Allie!

So we are blessed again with a granddaughter, who we love dearly already. It will be wonderful to get to know her and enjoy her contribution to the family. We are grateful, and thrilled!