As Autumn Arrived....

"Wabie" is here...and no longer a Wabie. We are pleased to introduce our daughter: Autumn Violet:


She was born at 8:49 this morning (August 24, 2009) weighing in at a nice, average-sounding 7 pounds, 9 ounces:


The C-section was planned (since Thursday) and went well. A little delayed on the start time because another mom was needing an epidural down the hall and the anesthesiologist had to take care of her first. But soon they got down to it and cut our daughter out. I finally got my, "It's a ____!" annoucement. It's even on video. They showed her to me briefly before taking her to the warmer with her Daddy. It wasn't too long (although it felt like it) before they brought her to meet me.




Daddy has had quite a bit of time to bond with his little girl...it's hard with C-sections because I can't hold her so well to see her just yet. But Jason gets to gaze all he wants:




I'm recovering pretty well, pain is an issue...moreso than I remember it being with Dalton. But I've already been up in a wheelchair to switch to a different room. It started raining and our room started raining seriously large amounts of water inside. Now we're in a different, drier room.

The boys will be all confused when they come back tomorrow. Oh yes...back. They came this morning after a trip to Build a Bear. They had an "Autumn Hugs" bear with little leaves printed on the white fur. Neither boy could agree on an outfit apparently so she has two.

Easton loves little Autumn already...we knew he would. He wanted to hold her and pat her and kiss her and touch her. He's seriously enamored. Dalton, eh, not as much. He checked her out but was a little afraid to get on the bed or really check things out. I think her large amounts of unwashed black hair were a little scary to him but Easton wasn't swayed a bit. Dalton gave her a few kisses and checked her out up close with Bubba:


They are all totally precious. I'm so excited to have my two boys and a little princess now!

And so far, all is well with this little girl...she's nursed quite a lot today...the nurse is impressed. She's snuggled with Daddy a fair amount too. I need to get in on that a bit more but sometimes she just seems so content in her little bassinet that I don't want to mess with her:


We're so glad she's here and that we don't have to debate over a name. We've been waiting for someone to call "Autumn" going on 6 years now! And she's here!

We are so blessed and so thankful! God is so good!