I’m bursting with joy to tell you that our baby girl, Adriana, arrived Sunday September 21st at 1:34pm, weighing 7 pounds and 20 inches in length. She decided to arrive 1 day before her due date – fooling her mama entirely because by that point I was convinced she was coming a week late. Not long after I published my 39 week post on Saturday, I started going into early labour (I just didn’t know that’s what it was at the time!).
I never knew life could be so crazy happy (or crazy challenging, for that matter). It’s like we’ve known her all our lives. I’m not normally a person who relaxes a great deal, but she’s shown me how to live in the moment and enjoy the right now. I feel like my life has a new sense of meaning and purpose and I’m really excited to get to know her a bit more every day. One thing is for sure, she has a great dad and looks so much like him. I can’t get over the hilarious facial expressions she makes. We have laughed so much in the 4 short days we’ve known her.
Ok, Adriana says it’s feeding time once again! Back to it.
ps – I’m thinking about sharing our birth story on here, so let me know if that is something you’d be interested in.
Thank you for all your love and support!!
Congratulations to you and your family. You all look radiant! Adriana is a lovely name for a lovely baby girl! Another vote to hear the birth story :)
Your birth story? OH YES, Please share it! We’ve followed your story this far….she’s soooo beautiful and I’m so happy for you both!!
It’s funny, I just discovered your blog the other day, looking for a green dressing like the one they have at a vegetarian restaurant here in Vancouver, and now I see you’ve just had a precious baby girl last week. Congratulations! Her birth is a very lucky one, I can tell. An equinox is a very special time for a baby to be born, at least I like to think, as my birthday is the 21st of March. Best wishes in this new stage of your life, adding mother to your already impressive list of accomplishments. Life truly is a journey. You’re an inspiration to the many you reach with this healing work.
Yes, story please! Congratulations to you and Eric in your beautiful baby girl!
Congratulations!
I Know how You Feel my baby just arrived August 17th and I’m SO proud and thankfull!
Enjoy every Second and yes- please post your Birth Story! This experience is something I wish to Talk about Almost every Day-youhave the Chance to Share it! Please do so! (And by the Way, giving Birth has hurt, yes, but it was the Most intense and joyfull Hours of my life – Love unconditionally! :-)))))
Birth story please! :)
Many congratulations to you and Eric. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, for being a parent is such a wonderful gift (along with some rough times, too!)
Congrats Ang!! Would love to hear the birth story!
Beautiful! She may look like her dad but she gets her radiance from you! Congratulations
Beautiful!! Congratulations to your sweet family. I’ve so enjoyed reading your blog the last few years and am so happy for you. We had a baby girl this past June and every day is more fun. Enjoy this special time…take care of yourselves and let others take care of you, too!
Congratulations Angela. I am so pleased for you.
Congrats. She’s beautiful.
Congratulations Angela! I have been reading your blog for years, but never commented. Now I had to, in order to say how happy I am for you. This is a truly wonderful time – I just had our first child on the 28th of September, a week and a half late. Now I have to go back to nursing as well :) Enjoy your little miracle!
congrats Maria! I’m excited for you as well. :) Enjoy this precious time!
Congratulations!! What a beautiful girl and a beautiful name!
I wish you and your gorgeous family all the best!
So cute! Glad to hear everything went well… Was thinking of you today as we just enjoyed a lovely meal of sweet potato enchiladas from your book. It was so nice to come on here and see that your little girl arrived safe and sound :) All the best, Annie.
Congratulations!! She is so beautiful and it looks like you are doing amazing! I’ve been following your pregnancy all along. I myself am pregnant, and I can’t tell you how helpful it has been to read your early posts and know that I’m not alone in feeling like ick, or as you put it in one post “poo on a stick”. Ha! I totally related to that! Anyhoo, I just wanted to say congrats and let you know that I would love to read your birth story!
Thanks Danielle :) So happy you have enjoyed them so much! All the best with your pregnancy and new baby.
Congratulations! I first started reading your blog while I was in graduate school in 2011. I was reading your recent baby updates, and I was convinced you would have her on my mom’s birthday. Sure enough, you did! Good work.
aw that’s sweet! Glad they can share a birthday. :)
Congratulations! Adriana is a beautifull baby and you’re really glowing from the inside out! Adriana welcome to this world! Vive la vie! Lots of love and luck from the Netherlands (Europe)…
Yayyyyy! Congrats Angela! You have always glowed, but it’s amplified in these pictures! Wishing you so much joy in these first few weeks with your newborn.
Congratulations! You look so amazing and your daughter is beautiful!
PS- i would love to read your birth story! Im 28 weeks with my first baby so it’s been really fun reading your posts. I saw the pics on instagram and was hoping to find your birth story here! Please post it! :)