Our Little Beauty

Elsie Sophia Irving











Baby Elle
Born Monday Feb 1 2010 at 10:46 am
7lbs 02 oz - 19 1/2 inches long

Our little angel girl has finally arrived!! She is such a sweetheart and we love her so much!!

The week before she was born I was doing everything in my power to put myself into labor.
I did the elipitcal for 3 miles, went on walks with Amy up hills, drank raspberry tea, I even resorted to Castor oil ( I will never do that again. I put me into labor for an hour and then the contractions just stopped). But this little girl had plans of her own.

My moms birthday is actually Feb.1 and the second I told my mom I was pregnant she told me I had to have her first grandchild on her birthday. So sure enough on Monday morning, Feb. 1 at 5 am we went to the hospital because I thought my water had broken. False alarm and I wanted to die. Luckily I started regular contractions when we got there and was admitted an hour later (after walking the halls for an hour to make sure I would progress... I wanted to die and Dave had no mercy.. he was not going home). Then everything happened so quick. I got my epidural at 8 am which was heaven and then at 10:46 she was here!!!

Her long dark hair is so funny! I was born with dark hair but not quite as much as she has. Her hair has golden roots with golden looking highlights! She for sure has my nose, which I was convinced from the ultrasound pictures that she had Daves nose, and she has her Daddys mouth and chin. Her eyes are up for debate. I think they are an exact mix of Dave and I. And to top it off she has the exact little stork birth mark that I had as a baby.

We love this little girl so much and are so happy and grateful to have her in our lives!! We are so blessed that she is healthy and arrived safe!! She is such a blessing!