Her Name? Rhoda Dawn Anderson. Diagnosis? Cute

This is Basil again, to give you some details about Rhoda's burgeoning life. First, let's start back at the hospital before we went home. That night, few of the hospital workers could leave or come to work because of the weather. Most stayed in a ward they set aside for employees. Dinner didn't come until 9 pm and we had no choice about its composition. Luckily, I managed to sneak down to the cafeteria and buy some food before it closed (apparently it didn't open the next morning because there were no workers). The picture below was taken from our room. If you look closely, you can see a bike rack almost completely covered in snow and the hand rail for the stairs starting to be covered.

For us, the snow and missing staff were no big deal. It just meant more time for us with our girl. We got a lot of sleep in and some play. Below you can see a few pics of us sleeping.

The day of our depature was a little frustrating thanks to the snow. We were scheduled to be discharged from the hospital at noon on March 9th, two days after Rhoda's birth. Unfortunately, because of short staffing, the Rogam shot (For mother's with Rh problems) that Kit was supposed to receive was delayed until 5 pm. We called our neighbors before noon to let them know that we should be getting out around then and they offered to drive over and pick us up. Of course, we were delighted and thanked them profusely. Then, our downstairs neighbor, Jessie, explained that it was going to take a while because there was a ton of snow to be shoveled. She, her husband, and parents (who luckily were in town) set about shoveling a way for the cars to get in and out. Just to give you an idea of what a monumental task this was I'm attaching a picture taken two days after the shoveling (meaning that quite a bit of the snow had already melted). I think the picture still has the desired effect of showing you how amazing our downstairs neighbors are.

That snow bank really is about 3/4ths the height of our car. Amazing! At about 5:30 pm, we were finally headed for home (Jessie and her father came to pick us up). In the car, Jessie mentioned that her husband Joe's birthday was the same as Rhodie's. It is also one day after Kristen's brothers birthday. On the way out of the hospital I managed to snag a picture of Kit and Rhoda in a wheelchair just before we got them into the 4runner.

After we got home, I was pretty exhausted, but I had had some songs running through my head all weekend that I thought of when I saw Rhoda. I know these songs will sound a little strange, but they were stuck in my head and made me think of her: One of Us is Gonna Die Young by the Ark (which I changed to One of Us Has Got a Cute Bum), Disenchanted by My Chemical Romance, and Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet (Which I changed to are you gonna be my baby girl). I sat down with a sleeping Rhoda, Put on my headphones, and blasted the tunes.

Since I think my baby girl is absolutely darling, I decided to include another video for no apparent reason. Enjoy!