Mommy and Me and Jo Make Three

You are 6 days old and although Daddy has been home with us for the first 5 days, it is time for him to return to work. Not to worry, Auntie Jo comes to play with us for the first few days we have to be without Daddy!

First Visitors!

Everyone is so excited to meet you! Here are your very first visitors...

So much love and it's all for you!

Homecoming

Today is the day you get to come home, and Riley is eagerly awaiting your arrival! Once we get settled, Daddy reads Mommy this poem he wrote for you, and then Mommy and Daddy share wonderful tears of joy!

Scarlyusha, ya tebya ochen' lyublyu,
Ya vsyo v zhizne dlya tebya hochu!

Ya sdelayu vsyo, chto ya smogu,
Y budu chasto govorit' "I love you!"

Ti prosto krasavitsa,
Dlya nas ti dochenka,
Dlya Riley sestra.
Ya hochu, chto-bi zhizn' tvoya
Vsegda bila sladka!

We promise to give you the world and then some,
Za vsyu tu radost', chto prinesla ti nam!
I can't wait to hold you,
Uzhe tak lyublyu,
I now have two angels,
Mommy and you!

You've made us so happy, you don't even know
We'll witness this angel grow, grow, grow, and grow!
When I picture you talking, saying "Daddy", I glow!
I can't wait to meet you and just say "Hello!"

My baby girl, I give you my heart!
We will never be apart!
I can't wait for this journey to start,
You are our perfect work of art!

Happy Birth Day!

It is 11 days after your due date, and even though the doctor kept pushing for us to induce labor, we wanted to give you a chance to choose your birth date...and here it is! Labor began on its own, Mommy's water broke on its own just as the doctor was about to break it, and after 28 hours of labor you came out all-naturally! It was a birth story full of miracles!

You arrived at 9:47 pm on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 weighing 7 pounds 12.3 ounces and measuring 21 1/2 inches tall! And when Mommy finally got to meet you, she could only exclaim "You are so delicious!"

Here is our first family portrait!

 

Your Journey in Utero

I have loved carrying you - feeling you wriggling inside me, your hiccups, even your feet in my ribs have all been joyous to experience! You are 41 weeks and 4 days and we will be meeting very soon!