I'm now the proud father of a healthy baby girl. Lorelai Gael McKelroy was born two weeks ago tomorrow; March 5th 2016 at 6:08 am. It has been a bit of a whirlwind since but I wanted to jot down a few things about her name and birth.
Name first. Jillian and I wanted something original and reflective of our heritage and I think we worked it out well. Both of us share a lot of Celtic ancestry. You wouldn't it know it with a mix of Keane, Andrews and McKelroy in our names. On my side however, there is a strong German/Polish influence from my mother's side. Lorelai, the name of a famous rock in the Rhine River, was a favorite of Jillian's (especially the spelling, which was taken from a character on the 90's show Gilmore Girls). Gael was a no brainer for the Irish/Scottish side. It literally means 'of Gaelic decent' and seems to roll off the tongue with Lorelai.
Now for the birth story; which was much shorter than expected. All day Friday (the 4th), Jillian had been experiencing light, sporadic contractions. There were so sporadic, in fact, that we halfway dismissed them as braxton hicks contractions. Around 9pm that evening, we went to bed and started a movie (The Intern, starring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro). The contractions were getting a little more common but still very inconsistent, so we were writing them down. There wasn't too much to note until 10pm when all of a sudden Jillian had a VERY strong contraction. This one was very noteworthy because it was paired with her water breaking. From then on, things got real... quickly.
We packed up the car at a lightning pace and I played 'Nascar driver' on the way to Thomas Hospital in Fairhope. They checked us in around 11pm and thankfully, for Jillian, it only took about 30 minutes or so to get her an epidural. Nearly seven hours later, Lorelai was introduced to the world. Her official measurements: 8lb 11oz, 21 in long.
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