Halle is Home

Halle and Kate have been home for a couple hours now. Their stay at the hospital (from start to end) was by far the easiest Kate had of the three births. Now the fun begins at home! Here are some photos from the past two days...


















PS. Shortly after today's picture session, Kate needed to feed Halle. Upon seeing this mother-child miracle take place, Aidan asked, "Why is she eating you?"

Halle is Here!

Our baby girl has arrived a week early!

The details:
Halle Megan Karis Arvold was born Friday, July 27, 2007 at 3:59am. She is 20" long and weighs 7 lbs, 13 oz.

The short story: We checked into the hospital at 1:57am. Kate had decided she wanted the epidural this time but we found out the anesthesiologist was busy with a c-section. A few minutes later she finished but was whisked away to another c-section. Kate decided to go completely natural and forgo all drugs and finished in record time (both the older brothers were all day affairs)! She's a pro.

The name: Halle (as in Halle Berry- but not named after her) was a name we liked. Megan is Kate's middle name (all our kids get a family middle name first). Karis (actually spelled Charis) is the Greek word the New Testament uses for grace (all our kids get a Biblical middle name second), but Kate likes the letter K better than Ch.

The pictures:

Kate and Halle should be coming home Sunday, so be sure that more pictures will follow. Thanks for everyone's love and prayers!