She’s here!!

She’s finally here! Anabelle Rose Otto, weighing in at 6 pounds, 12 ounces and 20 inches long was born on Tuesday, March 2nd at 9:58am!!

While Amy recovers, she’s putting me (Eric) on blog duty, so here’s my version…

When we went to the doctor on Monday afternoon, Amy was told to go to the hospital to either be induced on Monday evening or first thing Tuesday morning. We chose Tuesday morning so Amy could get a little sleep before the big day. Around 9:30pm on Monday night, Amy began labor naturally without induction. She labored throughout the night and got an epidural at 4:00am. At around 7:00am, the family started to arrive, so Anabelle had a full waiting room when she made her first appearance just before 10:00am.

We truly appreciate everyone’s support, kind words and prayers. We feel so blessed to have Anabelle in our lives and to have such great family and friends supporting us. Amy is already a wonderful mom and she’s absolutely loving it!! She’s taking such great care of Anabelle, with a little sleep and a lot of love! We’re enjoying every moment and waiting anxiously for what the next moment might bring. Our first night home was wonderful and a little exhausting…BUT, worth every ounce of missed sleep.

Lastly, many people have commented who they think Anabelle looks like, here’s the final tally…Eric – ZERO, Amy – EVERY SINGLE VOTE. If there’s anyone reading this who thinks she looks like me, let me know, it would be nice to get one vote. If not, I’m happy and blessed to have a beautiful baby that looks like my beautiful wife.

Hanging out at home

Ready to leave the hospital

Anabelle and dad

Ready to be swaddled