After 42 weeks and 1 day our miracle finally decided to grace the world with her adorable presence. Addison Genoa Meyer was born on Wednesday January 21, 2009 at 10:47pm. She weighed in at a grand total of 6lbs 14oz and measured 21in long.

Life for the past 8 days have been filled with the coo's, ca's and occasional scream that make up the vocabulary of a newborn, falling to pieces the first few days of learning to breast feed, realizing it doesn't take BOTH parents to change one diaper, it just seems that way the first day or so, and long sleepless nights that I somehow wouldn't trade for a lifetime worth of sleep. Time passes quickly now and days and nights blend together as they are measured in hours between feedings and naps and little else. Hours are lost to me holding, cuddling and staring at my daughter who I could not imagine being more perfect or beautiful in any way. People have repeatedly told me how difficult life with a newborn is...and though I'm tired and still recovering from a fairly difficult labor, I think magical would be a better word to describe the level of elation I've felt from the first moment I held my precious baby in my arms.