Petra Grace Braaten Born: 1:03 pm, January 21st
Weight: 7.5 lbs (50th percentile)
Height: 20 inches (72nd percentile)
Hair: light brown.
Eyes: blue.
The labour went very well, and her mom is doing just fine. We had her at home, and the Midwives were amazing at coaching us through it all. Contractions started at around 3:00 am, and active labour started at around 6:30 am. Homeopathy and acupressure helped alleviate things a bit during labour. Surprisingly, our border collie, who's normally high-strung, slept through most of it, and he's been sniffing her whenever he gets a chance. Petra is healthy, she's sleeping a lot, and she makes all sorts of funny noises.
-Aaron
According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where
Moses struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother,
Aaron, is
buried, at
Mount Hor, known today as Jabal Haroun or Mount Aaron. The Wadi Musa or "Wadi of Moses" is the Arab name for the narrow valley at the head of which Petra is sited. A mountaintop shrine of Moses' sister Miriam was still shown to pilgrims at the time of Jerome in the fourth century, but its location has not been identified since.
The picturesque site is a popular sight and featured in various works of art such as the movies Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Passion in the Desert, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, and the Sisters of Mercy music video "Dominion". It was recreated for the video games Spy Hunter (2001), Lego Indiana Jones and Sonic Unleashed and appeared in the novels "Left Behind", "Appointment with Death", "The Eagle in the Sand" and "The Red Sea Sharks", in The Adventures of Tintin.
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WIKI