Helping Olympia During her First Week

Anya and Austria have been great helpers! Here they are checking out Olympia's head and making sure there are no bruises or cuts (after possible mishandling by the same hands...)

Anya makes sure Olympia can't roll off the couch. So far she's been perfect in that task. ;)

Austria will hold Olympia and wakes her up if we need her to (or when we don't), with multiple kisses and hugs...

...but I would wake up for kisses from this little girl too!

Olympia also received some beautiful flowers from her great aunt. (They were much more beautiful in real life. Our camera is also dying...). Thank you!

Anya made sure to inspect every rose for Olympia's sake and took some pictures with them too.

The girls love their little sister and can't wait until she can talk, walk and play dress-up!

Yesterday was Olympia's official due date and she already is 2 ounces over her birth weight! Hooray! She was as low as 5 pounds 1 ounce at the hospital. (For the sake of comparison, that is like me putting on 35 pounds in one week. I think you'd notice...)

Olympia Salmon Ends the Contest Early!

Olympia Joanne Salmon arrived today to the surprise and joy of all of us! What a blogaslovenia!

She weighed in at 5 lbs 6 ounces, 17.5 inches tall, and checked into the game this morning at 10:46am. Today's date, July 21st, was 6 days before her official due date, blowing up all records, trends and precedence in the Salmon family.

I didn't even have a chance to summarize the contest entries from all the participants (one of this weekend's projects), but just like that, the contest is closed and the winner will be contacted shortly. ("Shortly" is a relative term here...)

So, while the scores will be low this round, and you can be almost sure you didn't win, please take solace in viewing some pictures of a beautiful, healthy baby girl (with her family members)

Saying "cheese" a little too strongly:

Still in the delivery room with Olympia's parents:

Four to one. My gender will never have a majority in the Salmon Senate now...

We love you, Olympia! Welcome to our family!

Quasi-Biennial Salmon Family Baby Guessing Contest!

You've read all seven books. You've watched all eight movies. The Harry Potter fad has come and gone and you still haven't won a ticket to Harry Potter's Wild Wizard World....

HAVE NO FEAR!.... The Quasi-Biennial Salmon Family Baby Guessing Contest is here!

We hereby declare the commencement of the third Quasi-Biennial Baby Salmon Guessing Contest and invite you to participate.

Correctly guess our unborn baby's gender, weight, height (or length), time and date of birth, and you could win yourself a ticket to Harry Potter's Wild Wizard World!

Click here to enter your guess and for contest rules

(You can also email or leave a comment with your guess if you are hypersensitive to clicking on links in our blog.)

Good Luck!

Our baby is due July 27th. We do not know the gender. (Information which may or may not be helpful in filling out the form: First daughter was 6 pounds 11 ounces, 18.75 inches long, and born at 5:05am, four days late. Second daughter was 5 pounds 15 ounces, 18.5 inches long, and born at 10:24pm, two days late.)