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.