Saturday, May 26, 2007

Introducing...

Ailish Grace

Hello, Knitbloggers! Am I not adorable?

Born May 17th at 11:50 am and weighing 7 lb 8 oz and 20.5" long.

Ailish (the "Ai" is pronounced like the a in acorn and "lish" like in delicious) is the Celtic form of Elizabeth which means God's promise. She's our little miracle baby and overcame quite a lot on her journey here!

We're all doing well. It was a 3.5 hour labor and we both recovered quickly. Bryan has taken 2 weeks of from work to help, which has been a wonderful gift for all of us. Owen is taking his newfound status of big brother incredibly well! He's very gentle with his little sister and loves to help pat her back and gives her lots of kisses on the cheek. As of yet there haven't been any jealousy issues but Bryan and I have been careful to make sure that Owen gets lots of extra love and attention right now. I'm sure that soon Owen will tire of the new houseguest and make his opinion known, but for now we're enjoying this time.

We spend a lot of time like this.

Not surprisingly, there hasn't been much knitting going on. I started a hat for Ailish at 3:00am on the 17th and finished it shortly before we left the hospital on the 19th. I also started some Trekking socks and after 9 days of knitting I'm very happy to say that I have almost 4 inches done on the first cuff.

Sweet baby girl has just woken up and is calling for me. Perhaps with the next update you might even get a picture of knitting!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

She's absolutely precious! Welcome to the world, Ailish, and congratulations Mom & Dad & Owen!

Unknown said...

She's beautiful! Congrats all around.

Beverly said...

Welcome, Ailish!

Lana said...

What a beautiful new addition! Glad to hear you all are doing so well:~D

alison said...

So sweet! Congratulations! :)

Anonymous said...

congratulations on such a beauty. lovely names you have picked for her.

Enid(in UK)

Anonymous said...

She's gorgeous! I'm so happy that everything went well. Congratulations & enjoy your new blessing!

anxiousdog said...

Wow she is so beautiful!! I can't wait to snap a few photos of her!

Elinor said...

Oh congratulations!!!! And welcome to the world, Miss A! She's absolutely beautiful!!!

I hope you take all offers of help! Rest up for the weeks ahead!!!

Mira said...

congratulations!! she's such a sweety.

glad mama and baby are doing fine =)

Melissa said...

Congratulations! She's beautiful and has an equally beautiful name.

jenfromRI said...

She's lovely - and I really like the name.