On this date 7 yrs ago, my third born daughter was born after an interestingly long labor induction. During my pregnancy with her I craved Chinese food like crazy! Nathan would drive into Hutch from our home in Buhler to satisfy those cravings whenever possible. :-) This was also the pregnancy that I became obsessed with family names. I wanted a family name for this baby and I also really wanted something that I could shorten to Molli. I didn't want to 'just' name her Molli because I felt it was too common a name. So, we named her Amallia Dawn -- Amalia (we added an L because I like to spell our children's names differently) was Nathan's grandma's middle name (his dad's mom) and Dawn is the middle name that both my sister and Nathan's sister have.
My favorite memory from Molli's birth was that as I was pushing her out, Dr found that her cord was wrapped around her neck. As doc reached in to move it, baby Molli's hand came out holding her cord and unwrapped it HERSELF!! It was a pretty amazing sight to see in the mirror and she wasn't even completely born yet! What miraculous creatures God has created and blessed me with!
