"Jaida Isabelle Blair"
My little brother Ben and Richelle just had their first baby. I have a new niece! Jaida (pronounced Jay DA) Isabelle Blair. Unusual aye, but sweet :-)
Ben had the same memorable experiences that I did with all three of my kids. One in particular that scares the heck out of "Dad" on the first delivery. It's the wonderful site; a viewing of “that”, that… thing (not the child) known as crowning which leads to the Dan Ackroid and John Belushi "squished head syndrome" in the baby. On the spot "Dad" usually looks at the doctor or nurse shortly after delivery in a confused state and asks, "is...ahhh that...ahhh, normal? And then everybody gets a good laugh! New borns usually enter the world as “coneheads”.
Jaida bounced in at 8lbs 21 inches and delivered with ease on the first go round! Bens' Mom is from Thailand and her first name is Jai thus, the first half of Jaidas' name. The second half of the first name, “da”, comes from Linda, Jai's Mothers first name.
Both Richelle and Jaida are doing well. Unfortunately Ben didn’t get to cut the “cord” because Jaida was trying it out as a necktie. She's already working at making a fashion statement :-) Now let me tell ya, cutting the cord, that’s an experience. With surgical grade scissors it’s just like trying to gnaw through 12-gauge house wiring with a dull set of plastic scissors. I imagine Ben will get another shot at cutting the cord on the next delivery (wry grin). I'll be visiting them all soon and hope to get some good pictures.