Friday, May 28, 2010

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!

10 comments:

Elizabeth said...

CONGRATS!!! The name mowing was so awesome... and Christina, you are the most alert-looking new mom I've ever seen. =)

superhua said...

Congratulations!! We look forward to meeting Emily!!

Chris said...

How cute! Love the name! Now the fun begins!!

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Unknown said...

Congratulations....from one dad to another...and of course, congratutlaions to you to Christina.

Unknown said...

woohoo Emily is born well i am a officially an Ant:) "cheyenne" speaking, well you need to show off that baby now jk !!! (just kiding)

Mike M said...

congratulations! and that lawn is awesome :)

Brandy said...

Congratulations Ben and Christina! How exciting! We look forward to hearing all the updates. Blessings to you all.

Mark

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!! I was thinking of you both yesterday. So glad little Emily is safely here. Love you, Great Grandma

Unknown said...

Hahaha! only Ben could do it. Awesome!