sonja.drew.denton

we are so happy to announce our baby girl is here and is just perfect. sonja was born 1 week ago today (on her due date!), last tuesday morning at 5:08. she came after just 6 hours of active labor. nothing compared to what we experienced with riley. i had a successful vbac, which i cannot even begin to express how joyful this makes me. it was a huge accomplishment for me and such an answer to prayer. thank you to everyone who was thinking about me. sonja weighed in at 8lbs 14oz and 20 3/4 inches long. she is plump and so cuddly. at 1 week, she is already back at her birth weight. so far she has been pretty sleepy and quiet, so i am having to wake her up all day long to feed her. she seems to be a bit more awake and fussy at night, so i am adjusting to less sleep, but such is life with a newborn.

i came across the name sonja, a scandinavian name which means wisdom, only about 3 weeks before she was born. tyler and i both instantly loved the name and knew it would be hers. tyler's scandinavian roots are important to him, so he was especially in love when i told him the current queen of norway is named sonja! we really struggled with loving any name we talked about and could not agree on a single name, so her name really was delivered to us at just the perfect time. her middle name drew is of course after my older brother andrew. he is a very special & important person to us and if you've ever met him you'd want to name your child after him too :)

i had my first day at home alone with my two girls today. to be honest i was very nervous about tyler going back to work, but the day was smooth and actually quite enjoyable. i even managed to clean and bake banana bread. huge success! riley is adjusting quite well so far and is just smitten with her baby sister. the only problem we've been having is getting her to not smother sonja with hugs and kisses while nursing.

i'll post more later this week.

from the moment she was born she has been trying to suck on her hands

riley is a very proud big sister

my mom is in love! she came up to stay with riley while we were in the hospital. she was a huge help and riley loves spending time with her.

sonja gave riley this strawberry shortcake doll when riley first met sonja and we aren't sure if riley loves strawberry shortcake or sonja more :)

our little one has lots of hair. it's all the nurses could talk about when she was coming out!

she looks like she's laughing!

she is such a joy already. we are completely in love and feel oh so blessed.