August 14, 2006
Kai Xavier Fisher is born :: August 14th 2006
Kirsten, Canyon and Siri Fisher are proud to announce the latest
addition to their family...
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HELLO WORLD... its me!
Kai Xavier Fisher
8 lbs, 4 oz, 20 inches long
my mom and dad went to the hospital last night, after feasting on a
delicious sushi dinner. we arrived and checked in at 11:30pm.
3 hours later, at 2:48am, i was born by natural childbirth. my mom and
i did a very good job and we were the talk of the delivery ward. i hear
my mom is as tough as they come... really quiet and calm too.
i have red curly hair. (addendum - only curly when wet)
my vital signs are strong. i got 9 out of 10 on the reaction tests
taken 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth. my A negative cord blood was
highly coveted by the staff and taken away for donation.
i went straight to skin on skin contact with my mom, then dad held me
while they finished up with mom, and then i spent the next hour latched
on to mom. i taught myself how to nurse already.
then dad held me for about 1/2 hour while mom and i slept. then i went
to the nursery for a bath and mom and dad slept for a couple hours in
the recovery room.
now i am with mom while dad drives to the house to get my grandma and my
big sister siri, who already knows my name.
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Kai is both a Basque and Hawaiian name. In Hawaiian it means "Sea".
Xavier is pronounced like Javier. Javier is kirsten's grandfather's name. (Tachi)
Derived from the Basque place name Etxabier meaning "the new house". Saint Francis Xavier was the Jesuit priest who popularized the name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in eastern Asia. He is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries.