Where do I begin? I can’t believe it was just one week ago that Emily wasn’t here yet. Life has totally changed since then — for the better, of course. Now, that isn’t to say that there haven’t been sleepless nights or tears of frustration, but those are minor in comparison to the joy she’s already brought.
Knowing that this entry may get cut short due to babies waking, dogs barking, or phones ringing, let me cut right to the good stuff: pictures of the most beautiful little girl in the whole wide world! Am I prejudiced? I think not.
Emily Jane Young, born December 22, 2008 at 10:50:28AM, weighing 7 pounds and 11.6 ounces, measuring 21 inches long. Verdict: perfect.
Here she is, about an hour old. What a funny, alert, happy girl!
Baby’s first tanning bed: “If I have premature wrinkles because of this, you people will be hearing from my lawyers!”
After they weighed her and did their nursely thing, they brought her back to us in her little Christmas stocking. That will most definitely be hung by the chimney with care each year from now on!
I experienced the dreaded “back labor” with my pregnancy, so our midwife suggested that I get into the birthing tub to see if that might alleviate some of the pressure. Once I got in, there was no getting me back out. So, this is where Emily was born.
This mural is painted on the wall of the birthing tub room and is supposed to provide the laboring women with something peaceful to focus on. I, however, decided to face the opposite direction, so my view was a little different….
…Chris thought it was very funny that I opted for this instead of the above. I didn’t notice — I had my eyes squinched shut for 5 hours while I silently, and later not-so-silently, pleaded to survive.
I apparently demanded a cigarette immediately after giving birth and after I threatened the life of one of the nurses, they obliged. Emily was horrified, but I didn’t care. “Make it a Marlboro Red!”
(Alternate version: they gave me Ginger Ale through a straw so I could regain some strength.)
Emily’s first visitor? Grandma Jane! She’s already quite smitten with her first grandchild. She offered to take Emily home for the night.
Proud Daddy immediately got the phone and started spreading the good news. Meanwhile, Emily caught up on some beauty sleep.
We had a few bouquets of flowers arrive within seconds of the birth. Man, you people are good!
The grandmothers aren’t the only ones who are smitten with this little one. Emily is already a Daddy’s girl.
She reminds us of a little tree frog — this is one of her favorite ways to sit. Too cute.
It’s like she’s serving time…we needed this picture so she could prove her street cred, yo.
We got her festively dressed for a stroll through the maternity ward on Tuesday night.
Here we are with midwife Suzanne on the morning we left the hospital.
We had a special “going home” dress for Emily to wear — we didn’t realize it would be gynormous on her! But still, she looked pretty.
