Look what Santa brought:
After one-and-a-half hours of labor and a grand total of five minutes of pushing (amounting to three very intense contractions), Evelyn Alexandra Hundt has joined the ranks of our family on December 22, weighing 9 lbs and 2 oz. She was born at home, delivered by the same wonderful midwife that helped her 10 lbs 4 oz-brother into the world nearly three years ago. Due to her rapid appearance, the chiropractor who stopped by our house right after the birth to adjust me declared that I must be part-Amish, which, if you think of it, is not so far from the truth.
Here is another look at baby Evelyn, here nearly three days old:
Everyone is doing great and man – this is our easiest baby yet, although that perhaps has something to do with the fact that this is our third. We are totally thrilled, and are hoping to repeat the experience a couple more times.
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So many congratulations to you, Sofya! She’s adorable!
Thank you, Marisa!
Congratulations Sofya! She’s absolutely beautiful!
Congratulations! What a cute baby! So glad the delivery was easy and that everyone is doing well.
Congratulations on your new addition. Such a cutie pie!
Lovely, lovely! Congratulations! We’re looking forward to our Easter baby, your pictures make me even more eager to meet our little one at the next major holiday!
AWww,how sweet. Like your blog, she’s beautiful and perfect in every way. Can’t believe how many projects you were able to accomplish right up until she was born.
Congratulations on everything!
Before is not hard, Kat, but as you probably know, it becomes really hard to accomplish things after.
Awww she is precious
My littlest one arrived on December 18th. Congrats!!
Congrats on your home birth. Cute as a button.
Congratulations! And I am totally amazed (and jealous) at the ease of your last statement!
I mean don’t get me wrong – the transition to the life with 3 kids is an adjustment (that is, while the baby care, I must admit, is second nature by now, seeing as the baby’s healthy, knock on wood, the older kids are much harder with relation to establishing the boundaries around bothering baby and myself), but I also know that eventually everyone can function well together. I mostly meant to say how immensely I enjoy spending time with a newborn.
I hear ya, looking at your photos and hearing your enthusiasm almost makes me want to repeat this experience of tiny hands and baby smell at home, but then I remember how my one and a half year old wouldn’t come off of my hands, so I had to run errands holding my both kids, one in each hand, my oldest felt totally neglected and made me pay for my ever wanting having kids; and if my mom wouldn’t occasionally come and help me, I would probably loose my mind. Then again, maybe it’s just the year and a half between the youngest kids that did not work out for me; it wasn’t that bad after all… Anyway, enjoy your bundle of joy and don’t loose that enthusiasm!