Here she is...

Please welcome Amelia Reese Turner!  Born July 26, 2009 at 07:17 in Houston, Texas.  Amelia weighed 7 lbs 9 oz. The labor and delivery went very well and we had the birth experience that we had hoped for.  I'm sure you all know that we wanted to have a natural delivery - no drugs...  I have to admit, it was the worst pain I've ever felt.  Something similar to having my body split into two halves.  But, in the end, I'd do it the same way all over again.  My water broke on Saturday night at about 8:15 pm, and we went to the the hospital by 11:30.  We always thought that if your water broke, you needed to rush to the hospital like mad because the baby was on it's way.  Actually, you still have plenty of time before anything  happens.  So, we took our time, called family and friends, updated my facebook profile with the news and then went to the hospital.  Our midwife said nothing would probably happen until the morning so we just needed to get settled in and try to get some rest.  We tried, but by 1:30 in the morning the contractions were getting a bit uncomfortable.  By 3:00 am they were down right painful and I was in "active" labor and starting to gently push.    I was able to labor in a jacuzzi tub for a little while which really helped the pain and it helped progress my labor.  Amelia was born at 7:17 am.  Our sweet little girl came out and was wide eyed from the first minute.  She is absolutely perfect!  I realize I'm posting this ten weeks after her birth, but she consumes much of my time so you'll have to bear with the delay.

So here we are, ten weeks later (almost eleven - depending on when I get this posted) and it's been a great ride so far.  Amelia is a great baby!  She's mostly pretty mellow and only cries when she's tired or hungry - just like her mama:)  She's starting to laugh, coo and turn.  And she's a great traveler.  In the past couple of weeks, we've taken a road trip to Austin with friends and we flew to San Francisco to visit the grandparents and her only living great grandparent Barbara "Bobby" Turner.  Here are some photos of her life so far...

Halloween is coming up soon, so stay tuned for some pretty damn cute photos of this pumpkin!  I will try to keep updating often so all of our friends and family can keep up with her life.