Turkey Tracks: Ailey Sydney Enright

Turkey Tracks:  December 13, 2010

Ailey Sydney Enright

Ailey Sydney Enright came into this world November 25, 2010, Thanksgiving morning in 2010, a few minutes after 5 a.m.

Bryan and Corinne arrived at  the hospital at 4 a.m. and were shocked to discover Corinne was fully dilated.

We were staying with Mike and Tami and the grands, and they called us about 7 a.m.   

Ailey is Gaelic for Helen, Corinne’s beloved grandmother on her mother’s side.  Sydney is for my beloved uncle, Sydney Hoke Bryan of Reynolds, Georgia.  Both Helen and Sydney have been formidable influences in Corinne and Bryan’s lives. 

Ailey looks like a tiny, unfurled rosebud.

Here’s a picture in the hospital later that morning:

Here’s a picture of the proud parents and their beautiful daughter on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. 

Here’s a picture of my three Enright men with their new daughter/niece/granddaughter.  Because Ailey was born on Thanksgiving, Bryan got that long weekend and the following week off from work.  I think he held Ailey most of that time, which gave Corinne time to rest and recuperate and work on being a new mom who is breast feeding.   Occasionally he’d let each of us hold Ailey, but he’d pace back and forth behind us if she wasn’t completely happy–especially during the time before Corinne’s milk came in and Ailey was hungry and wanted to nurse all the time.  

The other grandchildren are completely enchanted with their new cousin.  As is first-time aunt, Tami.   Here’s a picture of the kiddos introduction to Ailey:

And, another:

Corinne and Bryan are going to make excellent parents.  I always knew they would, but it’s nice to see my dreams for them in action.  Like about 25 percent of all couples today, when they decided it was time to have a child, they had trouble.  Corinne quit an engrossing, but killer job in the DC area, and they moved to Charleston and simplified their lives.  They worked with an environmental doctor there, and learned that they had some nutritional imbalances and some serious toxicities (aluminum and mercury).  They set about detoxing and cleaning up their food and cooking habits.  (Aluminum cooking pots, aluminum cans, aluminum foil, too much fish, mercury fillings, etc., are all problems for humans.)  They spent a year getting ready to get pregnant, and when they did, whammo!  Almost right away Corinne conceived.  And, Corinne, because she is so healthy, had a terrific pregnancy, a quick birth, and is now breast-feeding Ailey.  GO CORINNE!

I am so proud of both of them, and of Mike and Tami with their four beautiful children!  Both Tami and Corinne are seriously into learning about and practicing healthy lifestyle choices.  Both are sourcing local, organic, nutrient dense foods in Charleston.  They are the wave of the future!