Special Delivery
Zofia Anna
Zofia Anna arrived on July 17 at 7:31 AM after 36 weeks of gestating and 12 hours of labor. She's 6 lbs 4 ounces and 20" long and came into the world with a lusty cry. John and I are doing well and spending time falling in love with our baby girl. We're still both amazed at the fact that she's ours! The birthing process went well -- I couldn't have asked for better if I'd planned it myself, even though the induction wasn't a planned event. I promise a birth story once I'm a little more coherent!
Dreams Come to Life
What was I saying again yesterday about getting a little sweater finished in a particular time frame? Wild how some things turn out!
OH MY GOODNESS!! She is gorgeous! Congratulations.
Many blessings to you and yours. Tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat. My heart is so full.
You two do beautiful work.
Sniff her often- goofy I know and yet that baby smell is so wonderful and transient.
Again, Congrats!
She's beautiful! Seriously, newborns can look a little, well, odd, but she is amazing. Congratulations!
Congratulations! That's fantastic. :)
Mazal Tov! all the best. She looks so pretty and the father is beaming, lovely photo.
Congratuations! I'm a regular reader but a first-time commenter but this is a special event! What a beautiful baby girl.
She's so beautiful! All pink and tiny just the way she ought to be. Congrats!
I'm a frequent reader, infrequent poster. Much congratulations. She's beautiful and wonderful and all yours. Enjoy!
Ah, lovely baby! Congratulations & felicitations and all good things. I'm so glad to hear that all went well.
Congratulations from a longtime lurker. Looking forward to watching Baby Z grow ... and model handknits :)
Congratulations! What a blessing...golly, it just brings a tear to a girl's eye. Yes, it is wild how things turn out, but that is what life is all about!
Congratulations! What a blessing! :o)
I am very surprised you posted within 24 hours of birth! Wow!
Oh what a beautiful baby :) Its funny her measurements and weight were exactly the same as my daughter, although mine is now almost 12 :)
Enjoy!
Congratulations and best of wishes to all of you!
Congratulations! I wish the three of you many blessings and happy days together!
Welcome Baby Z! Congratulations!
She's a beauty, Theresa. Congratulations!
(And she looks like she's already a Daddy's girl!)
CONGRATULATIONS! Father and daughter look quite content. Glad everything went smoothly. Sometimes the best things in life include a bit of surprise. :)
Hurray! Welcome Baby Zofia! Congratulations, Mom and Dad!!!!
Congratulations! Enjoy! I've been a lurker for a while, but this deserves a post. My first granddaughter is due August 1st, so I've been following your gestation with much interest. Our baby will be born by c-section next Tues., the 24th. We can all hardly wait!
Love those babies!
Hi! I am a long time reader, very infrequent commenter. Many, many congratulations on the birth of your little girl. She is beautiful! So glad the delivery went well. Take care.
Congratulations! She's beautiful and well worth the wait!!
Congrats! Welcome (and might I say, what an amazing name!) Can't wait to hear the birth story!
And look, that's the same blanket that seems to be in every birthing unit in the US!
Congratulations and welcome to the wonderful world of motherhood!
I am so relieved! though I am sure not a relieved as you are....
Wow! She's just spectacular. And look at Poppa! He's a lovely mess. Yay you. Happy, fresh, beautiful new baby. Oh boy.
Do you see that look on her face? She's already planning her first pattern!
Much congratulations. She's beautiful.
Lauren, long time reader, first time commenter. (w/ 4 y.o. daughter, just started her on "French knitting" yesterday)
Congrats! You'll love every minute! (believe me, you will, even if it is eventually)
-Jodi (proud mom of an 18 month old darling son)
Wow!
First of all, she's gorgeous!
Secondly, she's a rather good size for only cooking for 36 weeks.
And, yea! Lucky you. I always went over. I know this is a little earlier than you'd hoped, but she seems looks like she's doing fantastic, so, still... YEA!
Congratulations! What a beautiful baby. Take care of yourself and get plenty of rest. I can't wait to hear more about the birth story. Best wishes.
Congratulations on a healthy and beautiful baby girl!
Oh, Teresa. Congratulations to you and John. She is beautiful and that photo of daddy and his new little girl, well, it made me tear up. Hugs to all of you!
I was just wondering about you! Congratulations! She's just gorgeous, and has a lovely name.
mazal tov. she is beautiful. joy and happiness and peace to you.
Welcome, Baby Zofia. What a beautiful name for a beautiful baby! Daddy and daughter look content. :) It's just amazing how things work out sometimes. Take care of yourselves and enjoy your lovely baby girl.
She's beautiful!! Mazel Tov!
Best wishes to you all!
She's perfect!...and you weren't joking about 36 wks! Congrats!
Oh, she is so beautiful! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations! She's beautiful and looks so content to be held by her papa.
Best wishes and congratulations! (And get some rest, you deserve it.)
Congratulations to you and your new daughter. Dad looks happy too. Bet your parents are flying on cloud 9.
Congratulations to all three of you! She's absolutely adorable, and Dad looks quite besotted (grin).
Congratulations! She is a beauty. Dad looks wrapped around her little finger already!
Oh my goodness!! What a beautiful baby. She's gorgeous. I'm so glad that both you and the baby are doing well. Congratulations!
Congratulations. :)
Congratulations! What a beautiful little baby and what a surprise! I'm so glad the birth went well, can't wait to hear about it. Hope you are able to get some rest!
Mazel tov! That's wonderful news!!
she's beautiful! congratulations!
welcome to the world little one!
she is beautiful - and it's good to know that you are all doing well. Congrats, congrats, congrats!!!
I wondered when you hadn't posted this morning. Congrats and you like, it's like the Yarn Harlot says...a baby never comes before her knitting is finished.
What an amazing moment, thanks for sharing.
Congratulations a million times over! She's beautiful, and couldn't have a prouder papa!
Congratulations! She is beautiful!
I'm usually a lurker, but I was wondering and worrying this morning when you didn't post. I'm so glad to see that all are doing well!
Congratulations! She's beautiful, and the picture of Daddy John is wonderful!
Congratulations.
I'm so impressed that you posted! You've definitely already got multitasking down. She's lovely and I wish you much joy.
Congratulations! She's so gorgeous and I'm so happy for you! I can't wait to read your birth story (I love that kind of thing). :)
Many, many, many blessings to you Theresa, John, and precious Zofia. She is perfect and lovely in every way imaginable. Well done!
Congratulations! Beautiful baby, beautiful name!! Best wishes for much joy to come!
Love your new baby all you can! They get so big so fast. My Sophie turned 11 yeasterday, in my mind she is still tiny and new.
At KIP last week, we were trying to guess what the Z stood for, and now we know! Congratulations!
Congrats! My son was an induction birth as well! She is too beautiful! Get lots of sleep. Tell visitors to come back later. You and your family need time to rest and bond!
Oh my gosh! What a beautiful and happy surprise, she is! This is wonderful. Congratulations to you and your family, Theresa and John. Welcome to the world Zofia Anna!
congrats! she is beautiful and will bring so much light and joy into your family. best wishes to you, your husband, and baby zofia as you all embark on this new chapter. enjoy!
long-time lurker, missy
Oh my! Congratulations, best wishes, and happy tears for the blessed arrival!
Funny when I read about the completed sweater I thought to myself "oops, Baby Z will be coming soon". Haven't you ever heard that all you need to do to get a baby to be born is complete their sweaters?
Congratulations. She is just beautiful!
Totally awesome cuteness! Congrats!
So happy for you! She's beautiful. Glad it all went well.
Congratulations from another longtime lurker!
My goodness, I wasn't expecting that so soon! Congratulations to both of you! She is absolutely gorgeous.
Oh Wow! What a surprise! She's beautiful!! Congratulations!
Congratulations!! Beautiful name for a beautiful baby...
yay T! Such a beauty. Daddy looks just enamored with his little girl already. Can't wait to see her in all her knits!
Oh! What a teeny tiny bundle of lovin'! One day we're reading about teeny tiny sweaters, and the next, there's a teeny tiny sweater wearer.
Congratulations and don't forget to nap!
congratulations! My baby girl weighed the same but only 17' long, she is 42 now but seeing Zofia brought those first moments back so clearly. She is a treasure and will bring much joy.
Welcome to our world, little one, welcome!
Congrads!!!
OMG! Precious precious precious. Congratulations!
What an absolutely gorgeous baby! She is so peaceful looking! Congratulations - we are all glad to hear that things went well!
Oh my! What a surprise-of the happiest sort!
Congratulations to the Keyboard Biologist Family!
Congratulations - enjoy her as I know you will. I can't wait to read the baby story when you get time.
Congratulations!!!
I am so happy for you.
What a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations to you both!
Congratulations! Lovely baby, very proud looking new-dad and probably an exhausted mum, but I'm betting they're all happy to be there.
Congratulations! Lovely baby, very proud looking new-dad and probably an exhausted mum, but I'm betting they're all happy to be there.
Oh, she's perfect and beautiful! Congratulations!!!
Hooray! I'm glad the lovely Zofia is here and that all of you are safe and sound. (Although her daddy has that look of a man who is hopelessly smitten...uh oh!) Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
Now there is more love in the world. Congrats!
Woohoo! Congratulations!!! She's a little beauty, and we're all glad to know she's here and healthy and everyone's doing great.
On another note, does every single hospital in the country use that same blanket?? Is there only one supplier?
Congratulations! She's beautiful!
she is beautiful! Congratulations!!!
Oh, Congratulations! This internet thing is so strange. I can only pretend to know you, but tears are welling up in my eyes because I'm so happy for you.
Blessings to you, John and the lovely Zofia Anna.
Congratulations, and welcome Zofia!!!
Oh, she's beautiful! Congratulations!
Hooray! Oh my, but I am SO happy for you. Congratulations on a job well done!
Once more: hip, hip, HOORAY!
What wonderful news! She's a beautiful baby and I'm so impressed you were able to type at all. Congratulations!
Wow! Who knew you'd be off the couch sooner than me?
;-)
Congratulations mom!
Congratulations from another longtime lurker!
Congratulations! She's absolutely lovely.
I just made my whole family jump because I gasped when I saw your title. Congratulations! The boys think she's very cute & I must agree, I guess she knew you were ready.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
**wow** Congratulations! She's gorgeous, can't wait to hear all about it. I love births stories!
Welcome to the world!
she's beautiful!!!! congrats!
Congratulations! I can't believe you've posted already, but am awfully glad you did!
Your lives are forever changed. Enjoy the new adventures!
Congratulations on the safe arrival of your beautiful daughter. She looks incredibly sweet and John looks incredibly happy. Best wishes to you both.
Congrats on the birth of your little blessing. She is a beauty!
Congratulations to all three of you and welcome to Zofia!
Congratulations to you and your husband! I love the name you've chosen for her.
She's beautiful (as are all babies), but in your eyes she will be the most beautiful baby yet, because she is all yours!
Congratulations to you and John and Zophia! She picked a great family to come into!
Congratulations to the three of you! She is beautiful!
When there was no update this morning, I thought, Hmmm -- wonder if something happened!
Good thing you didn't finish Lollipop any sooner -- finishing it sure seems to have been her trigger.
Blessings to you all.
Congratulations! She is gorgeous!
What a beautiful family! Congratulations!
What a pretty little girl. Congratulations to both of you.
Hooray! Congratulations to you and your sweet family! Enjoy this wonderful time.
Zophia is precious! Congrats on her arrival...what a surprise to see her already.
Bravo, mom!! Congratulations. and ENJOY.
What a wonderful surprise to see Zofia Anna's picture as your blog page opened. Congratulations!!!! You have been blessed.
congratulations!!!!!! she's beautiful!!!
I was so happy when I read that you had made it to 36 weeks, and there she is!!! rest up and enjoy!!
Congratulations! I've been following your blog for a few years... and enjoying hearing about your pregnancy. I would have been at about the same point (35 weeks), but suffered a miscarriage back in early Feb. Somedays it's been hard to read about your 'success' but mostly, I'm OK with it all. Amazing to think that I too could have a little one! Many many congratulations and all the best for a wonderful future for all three of you! (John looks so happy and Baby Z is beautiful)
Awww. You simply must post a pic with the sweater and her in it! She's just lovely!
Congratulations! Welcome to parenthood.
WOW! that was a bit of a surprise to see today she is stunning, my two arrived looking like they had been in a fight LOL but she looks all perfect! Shes really really lovely, and the same weight as my eldest who was also born at 36weeks, they are so so tiny at that size
give her a snuggle and a sniff from me
hugs and kisses to you baby and daddy too xxx
What a surprise this morning !
Congratulations a to you and John and welcome to Zofia !
Oh, congratulations!!!
My best wishes to all of you, and so happy to hear your labor and delivery went well!! Congratulations!!!
Congrats! She is beautiful!
Congratulations :-)
Jeanete
Congratulations! What good work the two of you do.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Well done you!!! Welcome to Zofia.
From a long term lurker
Congratulations!! May her life be long and full of love. Don't forget to have her hold a set of knitting needles for luck!
Congratulations to you both.
I suspect that you'll find yourself wishing for the days of bed rest some time in the fairly near future. Don't worry, you all survive, & they, eventually, sleep nights.
Knitting time will be at a premium for a while too. But then you can teach her to knit etc.
Congratulations to you, John, Zofia, and your families! That sweet picture & caption of John and Z makes me a little misty-eyed. Hope your bag was packed and ready!
Welcome to the world, sweet Zofia! Congratulations to all three of you.
Congratulations to your beautiful baby!!!! I love the lollipop sweater, but I guess that's not as special as giving birth.
I'm way behind on your posts (and on everyone else's) but I hope all goes smoothly in the next few weeks.
I have been away a couple of days, and what beautiful news when I started reading the blogs! CONGRATULATIONS Theresa and John! Your girl is a beautiful baby, and I wish you all the best for your future!
Blessings to you and your beautiful family!
Welcome to the world Baby Z!
Another lurker popping up to say Congratulations! She's beautiful.
Many, many congratulations !
I am so thrilled for you and John. She is a most beautiful baby.
Hello Zophia. Welcome to the world. Wishing you a life full of love and happiness.
xxx
Welcome Zofia! And Congratulations to you all!
She is absolutely wonderful and I am glad all went so smoothly
Congratulations, Hopes for a very happym healthy life for you and your family, I wish you all the best!!
Wow! She's a beauty -- congratulations!
Congratulations!!! She's absolutely beautiful... glad to hear you're both doing well :)
Oh, she's absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations and enjoy your time falling in love with your sweet little girl.
Congratulations to you all, she's gorgeous
Congrats! Motherhood is one of the most amazing roles you will ever play!
Congratulations! She is beautiful!
Congratulations on the completion of your best project ever! She's lovely.
And congratulations to Zofia on her brand new parents. She's a lucky little girl.
Congratulations! She's beautiful.
I have really enjoyed following along with you on your blog. Thank you for sharing your story and now the first baby pictures with your readers.
CONGRATULATIONS! What a beautiful baby!
Welcome Zofia! Her name is as beautiful as she is! I'm so glad all is well with you and your family! I'm just so happy for you! So happy in fact that I can't stop using exclamation points.
Congratulations and best wishes to you all...remember, nap when she naps...you will need it. Glad that all is well with you both.
OMG!! She is adorable! Congrats and all that jazz!!
Oh Theresa, she's stunning. My Bug was 3 weeks early and weighed 6 lbs 4 oz as well. I think it's a good sign because my Buggy couldn't be a more wonderful child and I am sure your little sweetie girl will be just the same. I am so very very happy for you.
Congratulations, I am very happy for you, it was a wonderful thing to visit your blog this morning.
And how wonderful that you will have nice weather for a while so you can get outside with her in a few weeks.
Enjoy your bonding time.
Congratulations! I'm a long-time reader, I've really enjoyed following your projects over the last few years. My time online is limited, though, so I tend not to comment often. Your new baby is beautiful, and if anything could prompt me to comment, it is this: she shares my birthday! :-) Have a wonderful time with your family!
Congratulations! Welcome to the world, Zofia!
Congratulations! She is so beautiful.
Ohhhhh, she's beautiful! Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations! She's lovely.
Congratulations!!! She's beautiful, like all of your projects. :)
Congratulations!
She's wonderful!
May God bless your whole beautiful family...
Congratulations! She is beautiful!
OH MY Theresa!!! How did I miss this yesterday! SHE'S GORGEOUS!!
And what a great day for her birthday. Yesterday was my sister's birthday and she is one of the best people I know.
I'm so, so happy for you all! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOFIA!
AW! Theresa, I can't wait to hear the story. July 17 is a great birthday to have (trust me, I know -- it's mine, LOL). She's absolutely adorable. Something tells me that there's a little man who isn't going to be that far behind Ms. Z!
Hang in there and enjoy!!
Congrats! What a cutie. Guess you need to finish the sweater.
Congratulations! She a beautiful little girl.
Great job! Now I wonder just how much you actually took to the hospital with you and how much you actually used. Looking forward to many pictures of Z modeling your knitting.
Congratulations, she is gorgeous!!!
Congratulations!!! She's beautiful.
Congratulations to you and John. She's beautiful!
Congratulations! What a surprise! I love her name. she's beautiful. Can't wait to hear your birth story, but it's wonderful to hear you say that you couldn't have asked for better if you'd planned it yourself. Good for you!
and oh, yea, the sweater's adorable, too. I will look so sweet on Zofia.
Congratulations! Welcome to the sleep deprived life of a new mother!
Oh! She's fabulous! There is nothing like a picture of a newborn baby to warm my heart. sigh. My youngest is 4 now and I miss that tiny baby smell. And look at dad. He looks like he's going to just burst with pride and joy.
Welcome to the "hardest job you'll ever love" and be prepared to have a lot of things you used to believe blown to bits and your whole world turned on end by this perfect, tiny little person. In a good way.
Great sweater too. If your luck runs like mine with baby knitting, it will fit perfectly either in the dead of winter or next time it's about 90 degrees. (in other words, whenever the weight of it is least appropriate. ha) God bless your family.
From a daily reader--dreams do come true. May you enjoy your gorgeous baby girl as much as I have mine--she's now 18 and I've never quite been able to take my eyes off of her.
Congratulations! She's so lovely, and her name suits her just fine.
Congratulations! She's beautiful! Enjoy this precious time, and be sure to take care of yourself, too. Have a wonderful time getting to know one another.
Congratulations! She's so beautiful!
I leave webland for a week and look what you do! Amazing! She is so beautiful! :)
Congratulations! Wow that came around quick...what happened? Did labor swim over you as soon as the Lollipop was finished;)
What an adorable baby! Congratulations and all best to you and your husband.
Congratulations. She's breathtakingly beautiful. So glad that your dream has finally come true. Big hugs!
Oh yay!! She looks great. So glad all went well.
No more bedrest!!
Oooh! Congratulations, Mazel Tov, Woo Hoo, and anything else I may have left off! Zofia is lovely and John looks so very happy to meet her!
Congratulations to you and John and Zofia for a safe and happy arrival!
Congratulations- she is beautiful!
Awww! You and Z and John have made my whole month! I was checking in this morning expecting to see a pic of you starting on another pair of baby booties, and instead--Wow! A real baby! Congratulations to your new family, and congratulations to the new Grandpa!
Llongfarchiadau!
It can be a long road but it's worth it in the end.
Oh! She has such a wonderful sense of timing already -- stayed until she was just. right.
What a proud papa in that picture, too.
Congratulations on your beautiful new arrival!
What a beautiful baby! I'm glad to hear that baby and parents are doing fine.
This is not what I expected to see here today - what a wonderful surprise! What a gorgeous baby. She's almost the same size as my first, even at 2 weeks earlier then mine came (also an induction). Imagine how big she might have gotten if you'd gone to 40 weeks (gulp)!
Many many many congratulations, and hang on - you are in for a wild ride.
Another longtime lurker
Congratulations!
Many, many congratulations!
What a tremendous felicity! Congratulations. She is a lovely baby.
Congratulations, Theresa and John! And welcome to a wonderful world, Zofia!
Welcome to the world, little Zofia.
She's beautiful! Huge congrats!!
Well done! She's gorgeous. Enjoy her and treasure her.
Congratulations!
Squee! Congratulations, she's beautiful!
Congratulations! You have done an amazing job of keeping up your spirits through some of the trials of your pregnancy and have brought the brightest little girl into the world! She's so cute!
Congratulations! I was hoping that this was the reason for the delayed post, and it's such good news that you're all doing well. We're all looking forward to hearing more.
Congrats! (I usually just lurk but can't resist a teeny tiny baby, she's gorgeous!) Look after yourselves!
Oh, beautiful, beautiful baby! Congratulations!
She is so beautiful. Congratulations.
Congratulations!!!
Wishing all of the family health and happiness.
Congratulations, she is a beauty!
Congratulations! She's absolutely and totally beautiful!
Hmmm, DH was the same size at birth too... he's 6'2" now...
Oh, yay!!! Congratulations to both you and John, and welcome to the world, Zofia Anna!
Awwww, she's beautiful! Congratulations!