Hazel is here!

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Well, here she is. After months and months of very hard work on Meags' part, and months and months of naming trials and tribulations, Hazel LeAnne Allen is now on this planet with the rest of us. She is absolutely gorgeous, and once the labor actually started, it moved right along, no questions asked. Meags is a little sore, but I would say that she is in the best shape she has ever been in after birth.

Thanks for all of your support through the whole deal. It's fantastic to go through life knowing that we are so loved.

Although the labor and birth went great, there is still a slightly strange feeling lurking. It's kind of weird to think that the days of actually having children are over. It seems that over the course of the first part our lives, we carry the notion in the back of our mind that children will come at some point, or that there are more to come. That feeling is now gone. I kind of relate it to high school graduation-- glad to be done, but in some (very small) way it will be missed. On with the rest of life I guess... cma