One Hour After Delivery

2008-12-01 Annika's Arrival 018, originally uploaded by jessica_beagan.

24 hours after checking in to the hospital, I gave birth to Annika. Aaron shot this photo of us in the labor and delivery room a little after 9 pm on Thursday, 11/13. Annika was only about an hour old, and had long since been whisked off to the NICU. We had no idea what that meant when we took this picture. What we did know is that all three of us had survived bringing Annika into the world. And we were proud of what we had accomplished.