I don't have any brothers or sisters, so my cousins are kind of it. We were all raised together and they all still live in/near Perry. Anyhoo, with the other cousins' babies, I found out by phone on a) the way home from the beach, b) at college between classes, and c, d and e) at the office in Atlanta. I was so excited to actually be there for the birth.
The baby was either going to be Suzy Anna or Edward Weston Barnett. I had a big hunch that it would be a boy, mostly because Suzy is my very favorite girl's name. Everyone swore Anna was carrying a girl, but I had a dream right before Easter that Anna had a little boy, and it was shortly thereafter that they told everyone they were pregnant.
Anyway, Ed Barnett (future mayor of Perry or realtor) was born yesterday (ha ha!) at 2:20 pm, weighing in at 5 lbs 10 oz. He was 19 1/4 inches long. He looked so sweet and started sucking his thumb immediately. He looks a lot like his big sister, Sally, did when she was that tiny.
Anna looked beautiful, and I'm fairly sure she was wearing lipstick and makeup the entire time. I choked up and had to walk/look away several times because it breaks my heart that I won't get to watch him do all of those great baby things. But when he's 25 (and I'm 50!), I'll be able to say: "Ed, I remember when you were born. Everyone was sure you were a girl, but I knew that you were a boy!"
Big Sister Sally was there, and she misunderstood when we told her that baby Ed was seeing the doctor, and she could see him in a minute. She called the baby "Doctor Egg", which, in our family, means that will probably be his nickname for time immemorial.
My younger cousin, Lauren, is also having a baby in November, so I'm pretty sad that I won't meet Savannah Grace until next year. I'll post some pictures of Baby Ed as soon as I get them.
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