Evelynne Day 2

It is amazing the fuss we make over a new baby. I guess it is because they are such wonderfully beautiful little spirits. Wouldn't it be nice if we could all be like a newborn, totally innocent and carefree.


Jennifer and Mike were excited to see Evelynne for the first time. They were so amazed with her perfection (and hair).



I had to have another picture of the whole family. Amber doesn't remember much from yesterday's picture taking session.



Finally, the star of the show. She had been a bit fussy when we held her but daddy got her calmed down. I don't think it will take Evelynne very long to have her daddy wrapped around her little finger!

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Baby Video

This is a short video I shot after the nurse handed Evelynne over to Chris.

BIRTH-DAY!!

Well Evelynne is finally here. After an eventful day of hard labor, Amber was finally induced. Now Amber and Chris are the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. Here are a few pictures of the event. (It is amazing how things have changed over the years. There were probably at least 6 adults in the room the whole time the nurse was taking care of Evelynne.)


Chris was unable to be in the delivery room since they had to put Amber under. They brought Evelynne to him while Amber went to recovery.


Does this look like a proud daddy or what! Amber told him nobody else could hold her till she got her hands on Evelynne. That sounded like a pretty good idea to me.


The nurse is getting ready to give her a bath and wash her hair. Notice the odd item hanging from her cord. It is one of those devices that sets off an alarm if the child is removed from the hospital.


She has had her first bath. You can see her hair and she has a lot of it. Also, her head is a bit misshapen at the moment. Her cone head is a result of her not making her way into the world properly! She was stubborn. Does that remind you of someone?


Now this is a cute picture of her. Amber won't need tape to put a bow on that head. (I think Elizabeth was a bit jealous.)


She had her mouth open most of the time I was there, looking for something to latch onto. She was also letting us know she had had enough poking and prodding!


We moved upstairs to Amber's room. I really like Christopher's face here. It reminds me of many of the pictures I have of Chris as a child.


Here is another good picture of daddy and daughter. Amber's father is in the background.


Amber finally got to hold Evelynne. She was still a bit groggy. I was surprised at how quickly she made it out of recovery and up to her room.


I finally got a picture of all of them. Chris was trying to get some close ups of Amber and Evelynne so I figured it was a good time to get the three of them.

Pictures of the Parents

Here are some pictures I took while I was in Texas a few weeks ago. These are not the greatest because of the lighting at the kitchen table but figured they were better than most of the others I took. Mom is looking at some coupons here.











Here is dad doing his morning routine. He reads the paper and does the crossword puzzle daily. Pretty impressive to me. I don't know half of the words used as answers.

Another Amber Cake

Amber made a cake for Chris Kish, for his birthday, last week. This is fashioned after an old Nintendo game called Mario Brothers. I was pretty impressed!