You are Here - Yeah!!

Hello Princess!

Yesterday was a REALLY GREAT DAY! You made your GRAND entrance at 11:05pm that evening! It was a long day for your parents, but God was good and blessed us with YOU, Kaily!

You are so beautiful – perfect little head, beautiful eyes, little nose and ears and the sweetest mouth I’ve ever seen on a newborn baby! This picture was taken when you first got back to the room. You were less than 1 hour old!

You are perfectly proportioned with 10 long fingers and 10 little toes. I think your feet are a little big for such a little baby, but I think that means you will be very smart! You are a perfectly healthy baby at 6 lbs. and 11oz. and 19” long, which is the average size for a baby. (I think your Mom was the same size or smaller!)

So I held you (for the first time!) as soon as you got back to the room and you took my breath away! I wanted to kiss you all over and squeeze you so very tight! We took turns holding you, then giving you to your Mama to nurse! We were very surprised because you were so alert and you were holding your head up all by yourself! Amazing for only a few hours old!

I left the hospital about 3am (you finally fell asleep in my arms) but when I got home I was so excited that I couldn’t go to sleep! I was up until about 5:30 am… I couldn’t believe you were finally here and so gorgeous! What a wonderful blessing from God you are Kaily – I love you so much! I couldn't wait to get back to the hospital the next day!