Hi Emily,

This is you and me exactly 21 minutes after you arrived!  Picture this, a brand new dad with a baby girl left in a room together having being told ‘bond with your daughter’.  What’s the best way to bond, selfies!!!

Mummy was being looked after by the doctors in the recovery room and I was eager to reintroduce you to her.  I think these were the longest, and most precious, 30 minutes of my life.

Such a big girl at 3.6 kg and around 50 cm tall… well… lying flat 🙂

You had such a strong pair of lungs on you as you cried, stopped, cried and then stopped.  I can imagine this was a huge shock to you after being in mummy’s tummy for 9 months.

Daddy

P.S. I think you were  waving to the camera in the first picture!

So as I mentioned before we expected you early evening, however you had other plans!  Mummy wasn’t ready so doctors performed an emergency c-section.  Little did I know that within 20 minutes I would be holding you in my arms!

Daddy’s camera was set incorrectly… I do that a lot my sweet… but you’ll soon learn that 🙂

That’s mummy tummy, your arrival is imminent!

<SKIPS BLOODY PART>

Here you are getting your first checkup, minutes after being born!  2 legs, 2  arms and a strong set of lungs!  CHECK!

Daddy gets to touch you for the first time!  you’ll notice I’m the one with the beard

Daddy gets the honour of cutting your ambicial cord, sort of a tradition I guess?  I actually started cutting and then stopped to ask ‘this isn’t going to hurt her is it?’  And if you can’t tell… I’m smiling from ear to ear behind that mask.  Oh btw, you had 2 ears as well! 🙂  You’ve probably noticed those things by now.

And Mummy.  What a brave young woman, lying there waiting for her little girl to be cleaned.  She couldn’t believe her eyes!  One moment you were inside kicking and punching her, now she was holding you in her arms.  An unbelievable experience.   We hope one day that you’ll feel what she felt that day (expect the painful bit of course), make us lots of grand kids!

WELCOME EMILY!!

Mummy & Daddy

You showed great courage and with a strong heart, you beat a message to us ‘I’m ready, let’s get this show on the road’

As you can see  Mummy was giving you the last bit of energy she could before your final arrival.

(Yes, those are cheesy crisps… you’ll soon learn that Mummy is a ‘snack-o-holic’

Hi Emily,

This was to be your delivery room in the ‘Spaarne Gasthuis’ but your story took another path, but we’ll get to that later.

We arrived here early morning on the 2nd November 2018, eagerly awaiting your arrival.  At first we were told you’ll be here early evening however you arrived much sooner than  expected!

Daddy