Introducing Rebecca Rose

Wow. It's now 9:17 pm CENTRAL Daylight time, and just a scant 16 hours ago we received a phone call from our birthmother that she was in labor!!! So, the fire drill began - check flights, let Mom & Dad know (so they could come down to take care of Daniel), get to airport, etc. I found out at 7:30 am that there was an 11:30 flight out to DFW - so Mom dropped everything to come on down (leaving Dad to drive down separately). We made the flight with 40 minutes to spare!!! What a feeling this was, again winging our way southwestern, (the direction, not the airline...) knowing that when we were to return just a few days hence with a little life... a child to be ours. So, the Good Lord smiled upon us and this whole endeavor. We landed early - had no message that a birth had yet occurred - so we grabbed the rental-mobile, and being told that the birthmother would love to have us there, went straight to the hospital. Just in time. Turns out that they had to perform a cesarean, and we got there 15 minutes before they were to wheel her back. So, Holly went in with the birthmother as she was being prepped,and then we followed to the room just outside the OR, where we heard our daughter's 1st screams. I have one thing to say about that (besides the fact that it was utterly magical and we wouldn't have missed it for the world) - the girl has some lungs. Daniel, you got competition, son. Then, 10 minutes after she was born, they brought her out for us to hold. That... was a moment we'll remember all of our lives. I got a bit choked up. Then they had to take her to the nursery. We watched her for about 1/2 an hour through the glass, then got word that our birthmother was back in her room and would love to see us. So we went and she looked amazing considering that she'd just had a c-section, so we hung out with her and her Mom for most of the next couple of hours, went to see Rebecca again, and then eventually went off to get a bite to eat. We finally got in the the hotel room about 9:00 pm CDT.
We can't say enough about what a wonderful person our birthmother is - and her mother as well.
Please enjoy these pictures of us meeting our daughter Rebecca.
Holly says I'm supposed to give the details. You know, scientific-like.
Rebecca Rose, born 3:40pm CDT, Arlington, TX. 8 lbs, 0 oz. 20" long. She has long fingers and toes, and a beautiful complexion, with (for now) a fair amount (but not a lot) of strawberry-blond hair. She is absolutely beautiful. We are so very, very blessed.