Leonor had some late pregnancy complications, so the doctors advanced the timetable and opted for a planned c-section Sunday morning. Leonor's mother and step-father were able to change their March flights and arrived last week to be able to help everyone out on the coming weeks.
Joe said that knowing the timing of the birth was a little like anticipating a blizzard. All was calm the day before, shopping completed, crib and changing table assembled and onesies and nightgowns and blankets neatly folded. The family even had the wherewithal to go to a park for a stroll. And then the world stops. For Luisa.
The newborn (and the rest of us) is awaiting news from Maryland and New Jersey on her second cousin.
We were inconveniently away and feel a little sheepish/neglectful that we didn't change our plans and hop on a plane for points south. Joe called us with the news of the changed dates as we were having brunch at a Thai temple in Oakland with Annie and Sankar. That's a story for a different time, but it was very good, as was the rest of the time with them and now here in Mexico. But we'll save all that for the next letter, and leave this one for Luisa.
Welcome chica and can't wait to see you in person, this year, next year and for many years to come.
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