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Baby Delphine, on her first day home from the hospital.
Weeks ago, the doctors had told us our baby was in position, head down and ready to birth. “This is her round grapefruit of a head,” they said, feeling around the bottom of Caroline’s tummy, “and here is her pointy little butt,” poking around the top.
We should have known better. She turned out to have a grapefruit butt and a pointy little head. At least she takes after her parents.
The surgery was very quick and very quickly planned. Delphine Virginia Tucker-Raymond was born March 21, 2009, at 9:22 a.m., weighed in at 7 pounds 4 ounces, and was all of 19 and a half inches long.
