Friday, July 6, 2018

Papa and Andy drove to my house and at around 7:15am we started the three hour drive to San Antonio.  Bridget and Chris were going to have their baby this morning.   We thought we might get there before my cousin was born and we did.  We arrived about 10:30am.  Baby was born at 11am. Everyone, except Chris, had been told to leave the delivery room by then so we did not get to see Bridget before Catherine arrived.

CATHERINE DAWN BERNECHE was born at 11am.  She weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.  Both mother and child are both doing great.   The baby has Bridget's middle name and the same initials as her dad.  Chris' middle name is Daniel.

Catherine was perfect and scored a 8-9 on the Apgar test.   Bridget and Chris spent an hour bonding with her before we got to go in.  I wondered what was taking so long.

 I got to hold Catherine before she was 3 hours old.

She yawns a lot.   And we noticed that she twitches while sleeping like her mother does and like I do. 
They have a suite.  When you go in the door, there is a sitting area, then the next room was Bridget's room.  We had a celebration all afternoon and evening in the sitting area while Bridget took care of her baby.  

Grandma bought a San Antonio newspaper that they will save as a keepsake for Catherine.

Back at Bridget and Chris' home Andy and Papa played ball with me.