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! She’s beautiful, and so are you! I wish I had looked that stunning three days after delivering my kids – ha!
Blessings to your family! I am so thrilled for the three of you…
I vote yes for the birth story as well:-)
Congrats! She is absolutely beautiful and those eyes are just like your husband’s. Such a beautiful family!
Congrats on your baby girl! Yes! Please share your birth story!! My last baby was a home water birth and my first was at the hospital with midwives. Your daughter is beautiful and she’s so lucky that she has one healthy mama! I use your cook book all the time! Tonight I made the enchiladas (my husband requested them!). Best wishes. Take it easy. Do you also know about thekindlife or integrative mom or My whole food life blogs? Other ones that are just great! :)
congratulations! everyone loves a good birth story. glad you are happy, hope you’re all well. ❤
I would love to hear her birth story!!
CONGRATULATIONS!! :)
She looks beautiful! Congrats, makes me miss the early days but each stage has wonderful joy in it. :)
Congratulations! I’m so happy for all three of you. Please do share your birth story. They’re so good to hear, whatever is entails. <3
I love your website! I am diabetic and have to be very careful about what I eat. I also have a husband who has to watch salt and a son who is allergic to casein… Your pictures are lovely!
You really motivate me with your drive! All the best!!!
A big CONGRATULATIONS to you and your husband. Wow, Adriana is a beauty! What a wonderful start she’s had in life. :) One lucky little girl. Many blessings to you all.
Adriana is beautiful and has two beautiful parents to raise her! Congratulations!
Yes, I would love to hear your birth story, please share!!!
I love your recipes and have gotten 4 of my friends/family to buy your cookbook! So happy for you. Congratulations on the beginning of your motherhood journey. I have worked as a nurse in a birth center and love love love reading birth stories. I’d love to read Adriana’s!
Welcome to motherhood,
Britt (mother to Olive, 22 mos)
Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl, Angela! She’s gorgeous! Life with a newborn is so exhausting yet so rewarding! Sending lots of love your way xoxoxo
So happy for you! You and your husband look overjoyed! Enjoy the time getting to know each other!
I am always up for a good, honest birth story. I think the more stories there are out there, the more women can realize how many choices they have and how everything is individual. It’s not all pretty–it’s real and a bit animalisitc. I also completely respect your right to privacy and would never pressure someone to share if they didn’t want to for whatever reason.
Oh my goodness – she is gorgeous!!! Congratulations to you both! <3
I’ve been overseas for the past two weeks and fell behind on my blog reading but I wanted to say congratulations on your GORGEOUS baby girl!!! I’m so happy to hear that she is healthy and that you are doing good too. And, if you feel up to it, I would absolutely love to read your birth story!
Hi, I’m a bit behind the times but just read your post about the new arrival of your baby girl .A huge congrats to you both from Australia. She’s beautiful.
Shantelle.
I have never seen such a beautiful and bright eyed baby. Congratulations!!! Welcome to motherhood!!
Blessings for your family. <3