The significance of Farah's birthday!

Since my grandmother's passing in 1999, I haven't really liked the month of November.  It is always dark way too early and everything in nature starts looking dead.  It just really isn't a terribly pleasant month.  However, after the birth of my daughter, I feel I have something GREAT in November to look forward to! 

I have always felt that my birthday (4-11) and Josh's birthday (2-11) were something special; like we were meant to be together!  I arranged our wedding date so that we could add another 11.  We were married on May 11, 2007.  I have wanted to be a mother for a few years and had always wanted one of our children to be born in 2011.  I thought I might have to compromise for being pregnant in 2011.  I had secret hoped that Farah could hold out until January 11, 2012 which would make her 9 days late according to my accurate due date.  I arrived 9 days after my due date, so I thought it might be possible.  She had other plans; arriving 9 weeks early on 11-1-11. (look at all those 11's)  My dad said that she has quite a sense of humor arriving almost as soon as she could in the 11th month in 2011.  

Now, this is just my mathematical brain at work but I LOVE it!  She was born at 3:08 pm, which I immediately added (3+8=11).  She weighed 3 lbs 14 oz, my first thought was pi (3.14); Josh subtracted (14-3=11).   And her apgar score at birth was 3 and five minutes later was 8, which again adds to 11. 

A couple of weeks before Farah's unexpected entrance, I decided to drop an "r" in her name because I liked the way it looked.  I didn't tell this to Josh until he was filling out the birth certificate worksheet.  After dropping the r, her name has 11 letters in it (Farah Noelle).  I didn't even realize this until my dad asked when I decided to drop an r and why.  I told him I liked it better and that's when he told me about the number of letters. 

I guess there is a reason Farah arrived early!  We may never know the real reason why I had preterm labor.  I am sure it had something to do with the number 11!  All I know is that Josh and I are incredibly blessed to have this beautiful little girl in our lives!  We love her more each day!