Sophie Alexandra Diccox
Sophie joined our little family with the following birth statistics:

Date of Birth	:	May 10^th 2006
Time of Birth	:	8:19pm
Total Time at hospital pre-birth	:	10 Minutes
Place of Birth	:	Reston Hospital
Length	:	21 inches
Apgar Score	:	9 - 9
Episiotomy	:	No
Drugs	:	None
Weight	:	8lb 14oz

The birth was very scary and very fast, but luckily all went well, the practice run 19 months ago was really different in every way. We finally decided on the name Sophie Alexandra in early May (we only started talking names in April) and it was only after deciding that we realized that our daughter would have SAD initials, ah well not everything can be perfect.

Marcus

Age	1 Year 7 Months
Weight	31 lb
Height	2′ 8″

Marcus has taken to the role of big brother like a duck to water; he helps us out with Sophie and tries to comfort her when she cries. Sometimes he will try to pick her up, so we always need to keep a close eye on him. He is always very gentle with Sophie, and likes to stroke her hair; it's very cute to watch him with her.

Sophie

Age	Born this Month
Weight	9.3 lb
Height	1′ 9″
Head	37 cm

Sophie seemed to have spent most of May sleeping. In her waking hours she has been developing a cute little character all of her own, smiling, burping, and a lot of the standard baby gestures. Her muscles are still a little weak, which we find the biggest difference between her and her big brother, who we can pretty much drag and push around as needed. She is eating (and pooping) very well indeed and we expect that she will grow quite fast.

Here is the blow by blow timeline account of what we did

Day	Time	What was happening
May 9^th	11:00pm	Marcus is having a bad night, he's not sleeping well and has a bit of a cold
May 10^th	12:01am	Contractions started, and were pretty consistent at about 10 minutes apart
May 10^th	1:00am	Contractions consistent at about 4-5 minutes apart
May 10^th	2:30am	Set off for the hospital
May 10^th	3:15am	Registered and in the hospital, found that Nien was only 2cm dilated
May 10^th	5:00am	Sent home from hospital because the contractions are not getting any stronger
May 10^th	6:00am - 10:00am	Got some sleep after taking Marcus to school
May 10^th	10:00am - 1:00pm	We both tried to get some work done while Nien continued to have contractions
May 10^th	1:45pm	Appointment with Dr Marquardt where Nien was examined and found to be 3-4cm
May 10^th	3:00pm - 7:00pm	Went shopping at target for a while and then headed home, We tried to sleep because we were both very tired
May 10^th	7:30pm	Put Marcus to bed and headed for the hospital
May 10^th	8:10pm	After trying to register at the hospital Nien's waters broke and contractions got MUCH stronger, we rushed upstairs where Nien was put into a wheelchair and moved to a delivery room
May 10^th	8:19pm	Sophie came into the world and promptly began crying

Here are the results of the Baby birth pool that Damians family took part in:

Name	Sex	Weight	Birth Date	Final Score
Cyd (Damian's younger sister)	Girl	7lb 11oz	May 4th	69
Damian	Girl	8lb 3oz	May 6th	81
Katy (Damian's Mom)	Boy	10lb 4oz	May 11th	71
Paul (Damian's brother in law)	Girl	10lb 1oz	May 10th	81
Saskia (Damian's older sister)	Boy	9lb 4oz	May 9th	87
Steve (Damian's brother in law)	Boy	7lb 13oz	May 14th	74

Rules are as follows:
Each player starts with 100 points, and loses point in the following ways:
Lose 5 points for the wrong sex
Lose 1 point for each oz out
Lose 2 points for each full, or partiel, days out
Player with the highest score wins 10GBP from each other player.

Here is the blow by blow timeline account of what we did

Here are the results of the Baby birth pool that Damians family took part in:

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