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She Has Arrived!

August 24, 2019 by NZ Filbruns 4 Comments

We were not anticipating meeting our new baby until at least now, but she arrived four days ago already. We are feeling incredibly blessed to have another daughter! After all the loss and trauma our family has experienced over the past three years, we are rejoicing to have new life in our home.

Maria Joy, who will henceforth be known on this blog as Miss Joy, arrived early Tuesday morning after a relatively easy labor. She weighed 7 pounds, 1.5 ounces, and was 19 inches long, our second-smallest baby. She is very happy so far, waking up every few hours to have a feed, look around for awhile at the fascinating world of light and listen to the sounds around her, have another feed and go back to sleep. She occasionally gets laid down in the bassinet—but most of the time people clamor to hold her! The three teenage boys, especially, argue good-naturedly about who gets to hold the baby!

Here is our precious newborn, just a few hours old.02-IMG_2239

Do you think they were excited?03-IMG_2241

Mr. Diligence04-IMG_2242

Mr. Sweetie05-IMG_2243

Little Miss finally had the prayer answered which she prayed at least a year and a half ago, for a sister.06-IMG_224407-IMG_596108-IMG_596409-IMG_5967

The morning after she was born, we compared her feet to Mr. Intellectual’s big toe!10-IMG_224911-IMG_2251

I got to hold two daughters at once!12-IMG_225213-IMG_2255

Mr. Intellectual14-IMG_225615-IMG_5974

Photo-bombers! This is Mr. Diligence and Simon. (Simon, by the way, thinks he is entitled to hold the baby any time he’s at home! He feels like he misses out on a lot because he has to work.)16-IMG_2257

Poor Simon had to do schoolwork last night and let his daddy hold the baby!18-IMG_2258

This is what is happening right now. Mr. Sweetie asked if he could hold the sleeping baby, and promptly fell asleep with her!19-IMG_5977

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Miss Joy, New Baby

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  1. Miriam Aaron says

    August 25, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    Congratulations! You surprised me with this news! I really enjoyed seeing your pictures. Is Esther gone from home right now? Looks like big brothers can help, and Little Miss is so pleased!

    Reply
    • NZ Filbruns says

      August 25, 2019 at 12:23 pm

      Esther is here; she’s in charge of cooking. You just don’t see her, because she took most of the pictures! The boys are doing a lot of the housework, too.

      Reply
  2. Rebecca Miller says

    August 25, 2019 at 11:18 pm

    She’s beautiful!! So very happy for your family!

    Reply
  3. Lucy says

    August 27, 2019 at 6:58 am

    Congratulations! i am so happy for you and your family. God is so very good.

    Reply

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