Welcome Emily Nicole Malan

Welcome to the world, Emily Nicole Malan! Emily was born at 1:14 PM on June 3, 2010. She weighs 6 pounds 4 ounces and is 19.5 inches long. As far as we can tell, she is healthy in every way!

Here are a few highlight photos, but you can see more if you visit our Facebook pages.










Here is a simple timeline of the delivery.

9:45 PM June 2 Christina's water broke
12:00 AM June 3 We got into the labor and delivery room where the nurse did all the setup and checks.
2:30 AM We tried to sleep, with little success.
4:00 AM Christina received the epidural and really appreciated it!
12:30 PM Christina started pushing
1:14 PM Emily was born!

We wanted to commemorate this special event with a passage of Scripture, so Ben read Psalm 139:1-16 over Emily. It is a reminder of what a great God we have that has formed us and knows us all the days of our lives.

Ben was so excited that he mowed Emily's name into our front lawn a few days before the delivery!

Waiting for the Big Day

Our baby is scheduled to be born next Thursday. As could be expected, many people have been asking us how things are going. Since it has been a very smooth pregnancy, we don't have many stories to share at this point, but I'm sure that after our daughter is born we'll have a lot to talk about!