I'm an AUNT!!!!!

Meet Sophia Rose... born Sunday, October 8, 2006 @ 9:59am. She weighed in at 8lbs 4oz and 19 inches long.

What an exciting day!!!!

I received a call from my brother at 5:30am that Sarah was at the hospital. I told him that I really wanted to be at the hospital when Sarah delivered. They decided not to find out the sex of the baby... and I thought it would be extra exciting for him to come out into the waiting room and announce... "It's a....!!"

So, I arrived at the hospital around 6:30am. Stephen kept coming out to the waiting room to give me updates. I was so proud of him! He was calm... which I thought he'd be freaking out. My parents weren't sure that they were going to make it up in time to be there when he came out to tell us Sarah had the baby.

The majority of the family thought they were having a boy.

Obviously... we were wrong!

My parents arrived shortly after 10am... and Stephen came out after 11am and said...

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

We were all surprised!!! I'm so happy that my parents were there for the big announcement. It's their first grandchild and they're so excited. We were able to go back and see Sarah and the baby for a few moments.

Then... we left the hospital and did what any new grandma would do... we went SHOPPING!! Since they waited to find out the sex of the baby, all the colors that we bought were "neutral" colors. My mom said, "It's a girl and she has to have PINK!"

So, we went and bought some very cute pink outfits.

We went back to the hospital around dinnertime and brought my grandma with us since she wasn't there in the morning.

Sophia Rose was in the room with S&S.

Funny... now it's S&S&S... or S3??? :-)

We spent about an hour with them and took some more photos. (Mom said the photos we took in the morning weren't very good since you couldn't see the baby's face. STAY TUNED FOR A SOPHIA ROSE WEBSITE.......)



It's an exhausting day... but an incredibly exciting one! :-) I'm so happy that mom and baby are doing well.

And....... Stephen and Sarah asked me to be the godmother!! :-) I'm excited about that too!!!!!!!

I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot of photos of Sophia Rose in the coming weeks, months and years. :-)