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1 week old…
… on Christmas Day
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Tim and Kim made us a cool gingerbread house and also sent along an entertaining time-lapse movie of them assembling it. But after a week of being on display in our kitchen, it was time for it to go. We decided to respond with a video documenting its demise. At their suggestion, we posted the [...]

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Obviously, it’s been a busy holiday season for us. Once we found out the baby was coming a week before Christmas, we decided to postpone sending out a traditional Christmas card and to try to send out a photo card of some kind in the new year. (So please don’t take us off your Christmas [...]

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Jen and Erin are home! Baby Erin is showing a little jaundice, which is completely expected given our blood types. Our pediatrician will simply be monitoring her bilirubin count over the next several days. Otherwise, all is good.

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As most of you who read our blog know, the past few months were really challenging for us. Fortunately, at this point it appears that all the effort and sacrifices involved with Jen’s treatments were worth it. We could not be more relieved and thrilled.
We are so grateful to all the people who were there [...]

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Evan and I visited Jen and Erin at the hospital this morning. Jen is recovering well. She’s up on her feet, off the I.V., and not having too much pain. She didn’t get much sleep last night, however, and so is a bit tired. We were there when the “hospital photo lady” came by to [...]

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I’ve uploaded the first batch of photos from Erin’s birth. Here’s our sweet girl:
Erin Leann Hackstadt, born 12/18/07, weight 6 lb. 12 oz.
  
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Our daughter, Erin Leann Hackstadt, was born at 7:39 AM this morning by planned c-section. She weighs 6 lb. 12 oz. and seems very healthy. Her initial platelet count was normal and there are no signs of problems at this point. Jen is groggy, but she is already nursing and is doing very well. We’ll [...]

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5:17 AM — We just checked in to the hospital for Jen’s C-section. Jen insisted on walking from the parking structure to the emergency room entrance. We’re in the Mom/Baby Unit, and they’re listening to the baby right now. Over the next couple hours, the nurse will be asking Jen lots of questions, getting her [...]

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