My precious little niece, Emmie, was born May 7 at 2:58pm at Vanderbilt Hospital. She weighs 7 lbs. 13 oz. and is 20 1/4 inches long. We are praising God that Emmie and Katie are both healthy! Katie, Emmie, and Josh are all doing well and recovering from a long, exciting day! Here are some photos from yesterday (some of them I "stole" from other family members' Facebook pages; the others are from the time Taras and I got to spend with them yesterday evening). Enjoy!
Daddy with Emmie, not long after she was born. He's so happy to be a grandfather! He'll be such a wonderful one, too! I believe he'll be called "Pop."
Emmie getting cleaned up and swaddled while her daddy, Josh, watches. She didn't seem to like the sponge bath, except when they washed her hair.
Emmie has cute blondish fuzz right now! She apparently likes having her head/hair gently rubbed. :o)
Here's Emmie with her Uncle Taras. He loved holding her, and would hardly let me have her! She seemed to like him, too. :o)
This was Taras' first time to hold a newborn, and he did GREAT! He enjoyed it, too...which is good, since he'll have his own baby girl to hold before long! He's gonna be such a wonderful Daddy!
Finally Aunt Kelly got a turn! Isn't Emmie cute? It's hard to believe I'll be holding my own little Abigail in about 8 weeks!
This has got to be one of the sweetest photos ever! Josh was rubbing noses with his baby girl (aka "giving Eskimo kisses") and talking to her as she started waking up. She was happy and content until he started changing her diaper. :o) He was so gentle with her and is already turning out to be a great Daddy!
Last, but not least, here's a sweet shot of Emmie with her Mommy, Katie. Aren't they beautiful (albeit rather tired)? I'm pretty sure Katie's mom took this with her cell phone very late last night (she posted it on Facebook via Twitter after 1am). We're so thankful Katie's mom, Renee, was able to fly in from Houston last night—in the last available seat on the last plane to Nashville!Well, that's it for now! I'm sure there will be plenty more photos coming in the days and weeks ahead!
