Our third daughter came into this world at 8:05 CST this morning. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 20 1/4 inches long. Both she and Kristin have been sleeping all day, but are doing just fine. I will continue to post pictures on Flickr over the next few days.
I know all babies kind of look alike, but I can’t get over how much Davy looks like Jaimes when she was born. They both have my shnoz.
We’re getting down to the wire here. It occurs to me that Davy has been with us for a while now, although I’m only just now getting really excited about her arrival. Along with the excitement there is some fear. We have too many friends who have experienced loss at this stage of the pregnancy. If you are a praying person, we’d appreciate some prayer for peace and four our daughter’s safety. If you’re not a praying person, we’d love it if you at least gave it a whirl.
Kristin is currently 20 weeks pregnant with our third daughter. Having experienced two miscarriages, we were keeping kind of quiet about it until now. We had an appointment this morning where we learned that our baby is in fact a girl and is perfectly healthy – you know, for still breathing fluid and stuff.
We chose the name Davy after Davy VanAuken, the heroine in A Severe Mercy – one of our favorite books. The middle name Bradstreet comes from one of my favorite poets, Anne Bradstreet – who, besides being a model Christian woman, was the first American to become a published poet.
I am thrilled, in love, obnoxiously outnumbered, and I feel a little dizzy. Hi, my name is Matt. Will you please knock me out?