Maria

Practicing for the chorus line?

Maria was born about 2 1/2 years after we got married.  We went through all the newly pregnant parent stuff, like baby classes, buying a house, outfitting the baby's room and buying a station wagon.  We had a couple of ultrasounds, but we decided we didn't want to know the gender of our child.

Maria's labor was a somewhat interrupted.  Gail woke up early in the morning with contractions, so we went to the hospital where they strapped a baby monitor on her and made her lay on her back.  So, the contractions went away and a few hours later, we found ourselves at home.  We had a regularly scheduled OB/GYN appointment at 1 in the afternoon, so when the contractions started again later in the morning, Gail just suffered through them and went to our doctor's appointment.

Luckily, the hospital was right next to the doctor's office, because when we got there, he told us to get in the wheelchair and head over to the hospital.  By then, labor was well underway, and a few hours later, we had our oldest daughter.

I first heard the name Maria from the musical West Side Story.  Gail liked it as well, but thought it should be pronounced Mar-eye-a.  I guess I won that one.

Life comes full circle, with Maria and her husband Chris now expecting our first Granddaughter in September.  (They decided to find out sooner.)