The first time I've ever cussed like a sailor during delivery (I am so embarrassed).
The first time one of my babies has come out on the very first long, hard push.
The first time one of my babies has had a full head of hair.
The first time one of my babies has had a full head of black hair.
The first time I've ever fallen in love with a little girl.
On Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 9:59 p.m. God graced us with Grace Marie.
She weighed 7lbs 12 oz, and is 20 1/2 inches long.
Her brothers are deeply smitten with their little sister.
And daddy was so impressed that she waited to make her entrance until after the Packer preseason game was over. 
We are all back home now. Resting (somewhat) comfortably. Thanking God for this wonderful gift and knowing that life really doesn't get better than this. 
84 comments:
Yay! Congratulations. She is absolutely beautiful.
Cheering you on from Colorado! God's blessings to you and your family!
AWWW.. tearing up here. She's absolutely breathtaking. Congratulations and much happiness to you all!!!
(P.S. 16 hours? I'd say a little cussing was in order :-) )
Welcome to sweet Miss Grace! She's just gorgeous and perfect! Congratulations to the whole family. You look wonderful Momma!
She's just perfect Kathryn! Congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you & your family. You look beautiful...and so does sweet Grace!
She is beautiful. Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!! She is beautiful!
Oh, Kat. She's perfect, lovely, sweet. You are truly blessed and so is she!
She's beautiful, cute, sweet, precious....perfect. Congratulations to all of you! I am so happy she is here and loved so much.
BTW, the labor, delivery, description, stats, etc. could be my baby L. And she is my sweetness. Here's hoping Grace Marie is yours.
OH!!! She is adorable and your family looks so beautiful all together like that. Congratulations!!
tears of joy f lowing all over the place. She's GORGEOUS! : D
Congratulations! Grace Marie ... lovely name for a lovely girl.
I cried. Congrats to your beautiful family and welcome to that wonderful ride that a little girl can take you on.
Congrats and welcome baby Grace! She's beautiful!
Hey there Kat! Congrats!:) She's so precious. I LOVE her name!! Also, I MUST ADD...August 15th is a dear date to me, it was August 15, 2005 that my son entered this world!!! GREAT DATE!;) AGAIN...CONGRATS!!!! Kristin
Congrats! Love them little chubby cheeks!
Yay. Ive been waiting for *this* post. Grace is beautiful and already a Packer fan, huh? What a good girl waiting for that to be over for her daddy.
CONGRATS!
She is so beautiful! I've been watching for the posting!
She was born on my step-dad's 89th birthday.
Congratulations on Grace Marie...what a beautiful name!
Oh congrats!!
Beautiful :D
Congratulations! She is gorgeous! And a Packers fan to boot:)
She is lovely!
What a perfect addition to your beautiful family!
Take care, mama!
YAY!!!! Congratulations mommy! :)
She's beautiful!!! Congratulations!
She really is so beautiful! Congratulations!!!
Oh you got me all teary...she is beautiful! Love the pictures. Can't wait to hear more!! Get lots of rest mommy of four... ;)
I'm emotional over here too! Congrats we are all so happy for you!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many, many congrats to you and your beautiful family! What a gorgeous little peanut she is!
Welcome to beautiful Grace Marie!
Congratulations!! What a great looking family you have!
Congratulations. She is beautiful!
Kat, she is absolutely gorgeous! As are you...
Love the family photo.
Congratulations!
How absolutely wonderful!!!!! I'm not surprised that she was the longest/hardest labor...I've learned over the last 2.5 years that that's the kind of wonderful drama that comes with a little girl!
Oh, and she is just beyond beautiful!
It`s awesome to have been following along through the whole pregnancy and then here to beautiful Grace. I love the name, I love what a good looking family you all are, and I love that there will be girl stuff and pink and frills and ruffles and fun. You have to be beyond thrilled. I`m sure Grace`s brothers will be great protectors, too.
Congrats. I`m soooo happy for you. I kept checking for updates and was thrilled to find this today.
Awww, I've been thinking of you. So glad everything went well. Sixteen hours? I hope you went for the epidural, but based on the cussing I'm guessing you didn't. ;-)
She looks absolutely precious. Enjoy.
congratulations! i'm so happy for you and your family!
She is darling! what a little chubby cherub! So happy for all of you and born on my brothers birthday she is going to be a great girl!! God has blessed you!
Congratulations! She is so precious and I LOVE her name. :)
Hooray! Hooray! I love that a baby's birth will always make me cry. Big hugs to all of you! I have three older brothers just like your little Grace!
She's adorable!! If it's any consolation your longest labor is shorter than my shortest! LOL
You have a beautiful family. I'm hoping she's a good sleeper!
She is adorable. Congrats. :)
Congratulations. She is adorable and your whole family is, too.
Congratulations - and I know what you mean, life really doesn't get better than holding your babies! She's beautiful - can't wait to see more of her ;-)
Congratulations to the happy parents and the wonderful baby girl. Get some rest. Get everyone you know to help.
Yay!!! What a cutie pie and I love her black hair!!
Glad to hear that she changed things up for you a little this time, and even happier to hear that all is well with you both!
Welcome to the world baby Grace!!
beautiful beautiful beautiful!
We are so happy for you! You are going to LOVE having a little girl around the house! :)
take care sweet mama!
britt
She's gorgeous! Sorry your labor was so long but so happy everything else went well! Take it easy and really soak her in. They don't stay small very long. Our little guy is almost 4 months old! Sigh...
COngratulations! People say girls are different. I haven't found that. But I have found that my tenderness for her is different, I must say.
Congratulations! She came on my birthday!
Oh, sweetie!! She's an absolute doll!! Congratulations! I just want to pinch those cheeks...
Cogratulations for the birth of your beautiful daughter !!! Mine was born with brown hair then lost them all to become a blond ;-)
Yay!! I LOVE her name. She is beautiful! I am so happy for you all. xoxoxoxoxo
OMG - I am weeping tears of joy - SERIOUSLY! I am so happy for you and your family. What wonderful photos. What a sweet little girl, what an amazing mommy and a fabulous family.
Wishing you all health and happiness and a wonderful adjustment to being a family of 6!
Such happy news! Congratulations!
Already she's proving to be a different bird than her brothers!
She's absolutely beautiful! And so are you! (And the rest of your clan too!)
Oh my heart, she is just beautiful! And a beautiful name to go with a beautiful little girl. You are very blessed. Congratulations to your sweet family!
She's beautiful Kat.. Enjoy her and the boys while you can. I love her name also.
Congrats. She's gorgeous.
Oh, congratulations!!!!
Grace Marie is a beautiful name and she is a beautiful baby!
Congratulations, you all look so thrilled to have her here! She is just beautiful!!!
congratulations, mama! and welcome to the world, grace!
she's precious. i'm glad all is well even if the process was not quite what you expected.
Oh such exciting news. Mazel Tov. Girlies are just the best! :)
Enjoy your time with her... you blink your eyes and they're telling you they want their nails painted and want to watch Hannah Montana. Yikes!
Congratulations , she is adorable and oh so perfect looking.
So happy for your family.
Wow, what a fast update! She is gorgeous, Kat. I absolutely love her dark hair, I hope it stays! Congrats to you and Todd and the boys, you all look so thrilled. I can't imagine labor that long, you must have been STARVING! I'm glad she made a quick exit for you though!! Hoping you get the rest you need.
Congratulations! She is absolutely beautiful. Enjoy your baby moon.
Oh swear it up, there's a person coming out of your body. I think there is something wrong with giving birth with grace and dignity. She's beautiful, and will be well protected by all those boys.
And I'm sitting here, reading this post, gazing at the pictures of your beautiful little girl and having to wipe tears from my eyes at the wonder of it all!
Congratulations to you -and your entire family -with the addition of this most precious little girl to your fold. So you let fly with a couple curse words. Big deal. After 16 hours, who wouldn't?
But I'm betting you wouldn't trade those 16 hours for anything now that all is said and done and most importantly, she's here, in your arms to begin the wondrous years ahead of raising her.
Peace and much love to little Grace Marie for having landed with such a great family.
YAY! what a sweet beautiful little girl...sorry labor was so much longer! I hope you get lots of help and rest, thanks for updating us I know those boys are probably going insane over their new sister!
Awwww congrats to you and your beautiful family. She's just lovely and perfect. I'm glad that all went well. I'm so happy for you. :)
She is so cute! Happy that she is here and you are now a family of 6!!!
Oh Kat - she makes my ovaries ache with her cuteness!
Many, many congratulations!
Congratulations! She is absolutely precious. That last shot has me grinning ear to ear.
She's GORGEOUS!!! Congratulations!
Congrats!!! I am so excited to meet her! She is just beautiful!
Congrats! she is wonderfull!
Oh, she is SO sweet! And look at all that dark hair!!! Congrats, Mommy!
She's beautiful! And has great timing!
Many belated congratulations! :) She's beautiful!
Hurray and Congrats!!!!!!!!!
On Monday we got to see a 10 hour old baby in the hospital. It was so wonderful to see such new life. I attended a very sad funeral last week, but I know that as some life is leaving this earth, it is being replaced by new bundles of joy.
Grace, you've already got a huge fan club!
Congratulations! I am so behind my reader that I just read this post today. I love how she got a full head of dark hair in the midst of all your blondies. Nicolo had a full head of dark hair that fell out and came back blonde. Enjoy her and get some rest!
Congratulations!!!!
I am just so excited for you all. I know I'm late catching up here, but I had to say how beautiful she is. And just how beautiful your family is.
I love you Kat. You make the most precious children and you also are a true Packer girl. So. What's not to love?????
I'm so happy for you and your beautiful family and if I lived closer, I would so help you snuggle with Grace and well...I guess I would help you move. Blessings to you and yours.
KAT! I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A MONTH!
She is BEAUTIFUL! I am DELIGHTED for you, and so glad that she's here safe and sound.xoxo
I'm so sorry I missed this!!!! Congrats to you...what a beautiful baby girl!!!! Can't wait to catch up on your posts and see how she's grown!!!
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