introducing...
one week ago i was in labor.
i was getting through each
contraction one long breath
at a time.
at 2:53 a.m., last thursday morning
we had our baby, liam.
10 pounds
3 ounces
22 inches long.
water birth.
i have spent a week staring at his perfect
toes
ears
mouth
fingers
shoulders
nose
eyes
and chubby legs.
it is killing me to be typing here
in case i miss something!
i am in love
a thousand times over.
life is good.
so, so good.
see more snuggaliscious shots here
p.s. thank you all for leaving me the sweet comments
and encouragement through this amazing journey!
Just saw the Flickr photos! Oh, Kathleen, I'm so happy for you! He's BEAUTIFUL!!! Big hugs.
ReplyDeleteAwwhh, I am SO HAPPY for you! He's so sweet. Sending love your way, my sweet friend...
ReplyDeletewelcome to the world, liam. you will be loved lots and lots, even by faraway people who you will never meet in real life.
ReplyDeletecongrats ms kathleen, so very happy for you
love
taty
He is BEAUTIFUL!!! And I LOVE your photos. No wonder you can't stop looking at him...
ReplyDeleteGreat, now I am crying at work...again. :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the family, little shmudgin'!
Can I be Uncle Robby?
yay! i kept checking and checking even tho i knew he was here. i'm coming over this weekend, jude. he's ah-door-ah-blay!
ReplyDeletea 10 pounder! wow!
ReplyDeletecongrats....... :)
oh honey congratulations! liam is 10 lb. of delicious perfection. xoxo
ReplyDeletei have a huge grin on my face. he is absolute perfection, kathleen. well done, mama!
ReplyDeleteJust for the record...
ReplyDeleteI was 10lbs. 13½oz.
Just thought you'd want to know that.
Heh!
Congratulations! And thanks for including me amongst those to get the announcement email!
Must get to Baltimore one of these days.
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He's amazing. Congrats to you and your husband!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! He's beautiful beyond words!
ReplyDeleteOh, Kathleen. Oh, he's just perfect.
ReplyDeleteThe best to your beautiful family.
OHMYGOODNESS - he's such a big perfect lump of goodness! Congratualations on your beautiful miracle.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! He is beautiful. I really enjoy your blog and all of your photos...I couldn't wait to see when you had him. It put a smile on my face today...when i truly needed one.
ReplyDeletesuper giant huge congrats!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about you all week, glad to welcome sweet Liam!!! I can't wait to come take photos:)
(i'll be there in November!)
may the lord bless you and keep you,
may the lord make his face upon you,
may the lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace!
Love to Liam! It's so cool to know you in a bloggerly way and see you go from there to here. You rock, mama. Go, shortie, go.
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL! Welcome, Liam.
ReplyDeleteHes a bonnie bedlam boy!
ReplyDeletei am already in love and i have never even met either of you! :) what a beauty. ooooh...he makes me smile. :)
ReplyDeleteSweet Liam.....that there's some good pushin'
ReplyDeleteHugs to the happy family!
Congratulations! He is simply divine. Your photos are magical.
ReplyDeleteSomeday,(in your spare time which you might not have for a few years) you should make a book of your pregnancy journey using your blog entries and photos and give it to Liam.
He is so beautiful....your post brings happy tears to my eyes. Congratulations and {{hugs}}
ReplyDelete10.3 lbs of pure perfection!
ReplyDeletecongratulations to you and your beautiful little family, kathleen!
he's so beautiful. YOU are so beautiful! i'm so happy for you... i can't wait to post my own introductions post. waterbirth rocks, i wanna hear more about your delivery, when you find the time!
ReplyDeleteHe is gorgeous. I'm teary-eyed, too. Congratulations to you and your family. Enjoy him, love him, and forget us blog readers for a while. We don't want you to miss a thing!
ReplyDeleteOH, he's even more gorgeous now than he was in the first pictures that I saw. (thanks for the e-mail, btw, i was thrilled). I still am thrilled for you. How lucky. How beautiful. How wonderful that one little boy will receive so much love. xxoo
ReplyDeleteYou're beautiful, he's beautiful. Yay cousin!
ReplyDeleteoh CONGRATS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! sososo happy for the three of you, I could burst. oh kathleen. he's so gorgeous, so breathtakingly gorgeous. mad love the name and you know he shares a birthday with my ava-girl, right? the day she turned 7, your little guy came into the world... had to smile when I got the email because the whole week before I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool if she had that baby on the 26th? on ava's birthday...? and then...well, you did. :)
ReplyDeletewelcome to the world, sweet baby liam! you've got one amazing mama there.
praying for health and happiness for y'all. and for some sleep. :)
xoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxo
Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your precious little shortie with us.
ReplyDeleteAnother gorgeous baby added to our growing family! Could life get any better?????
ReplyDeleteyay. oh yay oh yay oh yay.
ReplyDeletewelcome to the world, you beautiful boy. congratulations to the 3 of you.
:) much love.
hope you three are doing well... getting in all the snuggles you can.
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