She's Here!

At 8:05 this morning, Brian and I met our little girl (well, I did before him but that's not important!). She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and was 20 inches long. She is a healthy little chunk and I love it! Our little sumo wrestler we said! I am dying to post pictures but to protect our birthmom and us, we are waiting until papers are officially signed on Saturday. Then I will post away!  I will tell you that she is beautiful, and doing so well. She is eating well, wetting her diaper well, and has already pooped that black tar poop!

I was able to be in the operating room for the C-section but did not see anything until they pulled her little head out. Then the nurses were oooohhhhhing and ahhhhhhhing over how cute her face was, shortly followed by  gasps of how sweet she looked! I watched them clean and weigh her and check for vitals. Then she was wrapped up and handed to me to be the first to hold her! The nurses got a picture of the two of us, as well as a picture of Natalie and I with her birthmom. This will be a priceless photo in years to come. She will see that God brought 3 together to love her and provide for her.

Right now she is snuggled in daddy's arms with her Lil Hogs Fan toboggan on! OF course we have received a bit of flack over that one! Gotta start them young; especially when you live in Texas.=)

The Lord has answered SO many prayers today. Everything has gone smoothly, we have a healthy baby girl, the birthmom is doing well, we have had an amazing peace over us today, and the nursing staff has been so supportive!

Tonight we are going to take a couple of hours to go out to eat, grab our bags from the hotel, and head back to the hospital for the week. We are hoping the hotel will refund the money for the rest of the week since we are not able to stay there.

For now, we are off to feed her, change her and let her birthmom see her for a bit before dinner. Keep the prayers coming because we might go crazy with no visitors, 4 hospital walls, and 2 1/2 more days of this!