Oh, you guys. Wow. This is IT. Everything went off without a hitch. Jeanine said that this was by far the easiest of the three pregnancies and deliveries. Praise God on that one!

But I can't stop staring at my baby girl and have to finish this up so I can go back to it. Here are the stats:

Name: Faith Claire Teague.
Weight: 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
Height: 21 inches. Probably got Jeanine's legs.
Birthday: 9:18am, November 30, 2008.
Age at birth: The boys are very clear on this. She's zero. (But two weeks and a day early.)
Age as I type: 7 hours. (Wireless Internet, Facebook, and crazy camera-phones have raised everyone's expectations on this part. Three and five years ago, days were still acceptable.)
Hair: A lovely light brown-ish blond. Not too much. Just the right amount.
Diapers changed: 3 (out of approximately 2,500).

In lieu of this week's TPODs (those are gonna have to wait until we're home), here are some photos fresh off the camera:

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Thanksgiving - the perfect time to debut another list about the two little people I'm most thankful for...some of the many things I love about my boys #7:

• How enthusiastically Silas cheered for Luke at his soccer games ("Luuuuuke!")
• How Luke hears a sweet song and gets confused as to why he's tearing up
• How Luke doesn't like to go to school as much on the days that Silas doesn't (only Wed!)
• How enthusiastic the boys were to go to a "sibling class" at the hospital where we're delivering Faith
• Hearing Silas pronounce his friends' names from school - Rohan, Ayli and Eshvar
• Silas's incessant posing
• How Luke has discovered his own favorite color that is not mine (black)
• How the boys help each other play video games
• How Luke tells Silas what he's good at doing...even if he's not...just to make him feel good
• The boys' "trumpeting" of things they're excited about ("I'm going to clean up the pillows so that we can play - dun da da daaaa! - puzzles!")
• How the boys have made up their own lyrics to the Indiana Jones theme song (no, they haven't seen the movie) - "We're two brothers...and a sister...we're two brothers...and a si-i-ster..."
• Silas's use of the word "nasty". ("Mommy, the roof on that house is nasty!") I don't know where he got it from, but it cracks me up.
• How Silas runs and slides on our hardwood floors in his socks like he's sliding into home plate
• Listening to the boys pray for our new president

I needed to post this list now because first of all, it's Thanksgiving, and I couldn't imagine being more grateful for the precious gifts of all my boys. Secondly, I will need to change the title next time since I will be having a little girl come Sunday. Yep, I said it. Faith will be born this Sunday, November 30! I realize that was the initial date we put out there, so just ignore my last post. :) Apparently, I've made enough "progress" that the doctor thinks I will make it no where near my due date. More to come!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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