August 17, 2011

Little Miss Emmeline Opal Rydecki finally entered the world on August 17th, smack dab in the middle of mommy and daddy's birthdays!  It was a close call...we were so sure that she would be born on my birthday (the 16th), but she decided to hold out so she could have her own special day! 

She was 8 pounds 7 ounces and 19.3 inches long (although 5 days later at the pediatrician we were told she was 21 inches and possibly longer due to her wiggling around during the measurement--pretty sure she didn't grow 2 inches in such a short amount of time!).

Her first picture (courtesy of Aunt Jodi Peppers):

At first glance, I think she looks JUST like her daddy...isn't she beautiful?!?!?!  After hearing "She looks just like Aaron", my nephew Dawson took one more look at this photo and replied, "She  looks like an ANGEL!"  Awwwww.

And, sure enough, she is our sweet little angel.  She truly is a miracle and blessing.  More on how she came to be and how she got here when I have more time (will I ever? ha ha)...time to return to my station for a feeding!

Emmeline's first playdate!

We had our first official playdate yesterday.  My friend Lillie and her son Jordi came over to spend some time with us.  Jordi was born about 2 weeks before Emmeline.  It was refreshing to have visitors after over a week of being stuck in the house with little contact with the outside world.  Turns out we spent most of our visit breastfeeding and chatting about our labor/delivery experiences.

Here are some pictures from her first "play"-date...i think she scared Jordi because she was trying to nibble on his ear during our photo shoot.