Emily Comes Home

After a few long days of painful contractions (about a week or so) we finally headed off to the hospital on the morning of October 21. We were in labor for over 20 hours, but at 11:35 PM all that work became worth it as our little Emily Margarita joined our lives. It was an amazing experience to see her come into the world!

Another amazing part of the experience is that even though we live deep in the heart of Texas we had family waiting in the waiting room and an amazing outpouring of love from the friends we have made here in Austin. Both Doug and Mechi were here and were able to meet little Emily within the first 1/2 hour of her life, and we have had numerous visits from our friends here in central Texas who seem to love Emily almost as much as we do.

I could go on for hours about the birth experience, but I know why you are all here, so on to the photos . . .

Here is the first photo I took of Emily. She was still a little swollen, but already looked cute to me.


The room we were in was amazing! Here is a photo with our nurse, Lisa, who helped with the delivery - she was a lot of fun and extremely helpful.


Here she is in her mommy's arms right before her first shots and first bath.




Speaking of shots and baths. She did not like her first bath at all! She turned bright red and threw a fit after which she was exhausted. The first and second photos are of her before the shots and bath. Note the tranquility. The third is of her being dried off, after said shots and bath . . . she was furious!








One thing that has made us laugh quite frequently is the size of her feet. Emily has HUGE feet! The nurse even made fun of her because the foot print they took barely fit in the box on the paper.



Sleeping in her hospital bassinet


With Dad


Home at last with all of the flowers her new friends brought her.


She has been such a sweet little girl. She rarely cries and sleeps pretty well . . . though come to think of it, she is starting to demand that her daddy carries here everywhere he goes when she is awake.