Welcome to Life Outside the Womb, Karis Grace!!

We are so, so thrilled to announce the birth of our second born child, Karis Grace!  She was born on Saturday, May 18th at 8:38 pm.  She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces.  The Lord was beyond faithful in so many of the details of her birth, to the point that we couldn't have written out a more ideal birth plan if we had tried.  (I will save those details for another post for now though.)

Karis has been a sleepyhead newborn for the past few days, but today she was more alert with open eyes.  Enoch has adjusted well to having a baby sister in the house with him, and he's quite interested in his "bah-bah".  Hugh's been doing a rockstar job taking care of him and the house, and yesterday my mom arrived to add in some extra help as well.  Recovery from this birth has been very quick and easy for me, for which we are also quite thankful!


For all of our family & friends who aren't here to see our sweet girl in person, here are a few pictures of her:

 

And a video of her wiggling around during one of her alert times yesterday:

For you formed my inward parts;

    you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works;

    my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

    intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

    the days that were formed for me,

    when as yet there was none of them.

(Psalm 139:13-16)