Here she is! Our little Violet Joy was born at 2:31pm on Thursday, April 7th, 2011. After a very smooth induction delivery, she weighed in at a healthy 8lbs and 21 1/4 inches.
We were eager to get to know each other! Such a precious picture of Daddy and his girl.
Here's Nana with her second born, and her second born with her second born.
And of course, here is big sister Evelyn meeting Violet for the first time.
Here are Violet's proud Grandpa and Grandma Nachtigall
This is the first official family picture! And the impossible - picture - taking phase begins.
It's hard enough just to get one kid to look at the camera. It is virtually impossible to get both to look at the camera.
Here we are making our escape! We were actually discharged early.
Here's little Vi with Grandpa Wilkie.
Here she is with Great Grandma Nachtigall Buller, who went to be with the Lord on July 1st. What a blessing that she and Violet were able to meet each other and share this special moment.
Evy adjusted to her new role very well overall. She was very curious about Violet. Here she is watching Daddy change Vi's diaper.
The batteries in our baby swing had died long ago but we didn't have to replace them at first because Evy pushed Violet, as she's doing in this picture below. In this picture, you can see that Evy also put her baby doll in the swing with Violet. This particular doll was one of my first baby dolls when I was little.
Below, is a picture of the girls heading out on their first stroller ride together. Evy loves to have Violet in the stroller with her!
The first several weeks of Violet's life were not easy, unfortunately. Breastfeeding, though very smooth with Evy, was complicated (to say the least!) and wrought with some tremendous challenges. BUT we got through it with a lot of prayer and help from our family, our church family, our neighbors, and our friends.
And through it all, God's protective hand remained over us. Violet came through the storm unscathed, a happy, healthy, sweet baby girl, living up to her name - Violet JOY! She's such a blessing from the Lord.
