The single most amazing thing happened Monday- we had a baby girl!









Audrey Elizabeth
1:43 pm
21 inches long
6 lbs 7.6 oz

A head full of dark hair...and here's the kicker....

we have the same wierd pinky toe on her left foot! When the nurse took her footprints, only four toes showed up, same as what happens with me!



THE MISSING TOE!

I'll write more later, but needless to say, NOTHING can prepare you for that rush of emotions....tears, joy, IMMENSE pride.....when she came out I just wept, she was so beautiful. The doctor's first words after announcing that she was a baby girl (we already knew, but sometimes accidents happen!) were "She has no butt!"

She is so skinny! But perfect!

We just brought home about an hour and a half ago, and after Natalie nursed her, she's asleep in her crib. Just beautiful.

Sydney, our cat, doesn't seem to be taking it very well. He's completely wigged out, but he's pretty much left her alone.

Natalie is very sore because of some labor complications, but other than that she is a beautiful mother doing her best to take care of this child, who definitely knows how to wail!



I love Natalie so much, and I'm so proud of what she went through to have this baby. Every image of Monday is imprinted in stone on my mind....and nothing, NOTHING, will ever take it away. Here are some photos of Audrey! (the nurses took these, who by the way were outstanding, including Carrie Casey (Emmetts mom) and Deann Kellogg (Zane's mom) and lots of others, including Nancy, who helped guide us through the birth process....good grief, how do they do it?



Daddy and Daughter!