Saturday, July 07, 2007

The Princess Has Arrived...

This evening the world was blessed with the arrival (finally) of Peyton Mahan Douglas. After a TEXTBOOK labor and delivery, she graced us with her presence at 11:19pm on 6 July. She weighed in at 9lbs 5.5oz and is 20.8" long. Mom and baby are doing very well. Dad has the magic touch and is able to put Peyton to sleep with his political talk....I mean Daddy chat.

Visiting hours in the mother baby unit are 10am - 8pm. Kelly and Rob have requested that you call one of their cell phones before you come to visit, as they want to make sure they're decent and awake enough to remember you being there.

Childbirth is truly an amazing blessing. After the epidural, Kelly couldn't have agreed more! :-)

Enjoy the attached photo and I'm sure that sometime soon, all the pictures will be up on the world wide web for y'all to view. (It's hard to get a great shot with all the hustle and bustle going on.)

Love, Rachel

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kelly & Rob,
Congratulations! Peyton is absolutely adorable! And Kelly, you look fantastic! We wished we lived closer so we could give you all a big hug in person, but know that we love you all!!!

Rachel, thanks for the updates!!!

Anonymous said...

Kel, you look great! And Peyton is so cute! I can't wait for more pics!!!
Thank you for keeping us posted, Rachel.

The Fashionable Housewife said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Anonymous said...

Yeah!! Congrats and welcome Peyton! I see a future basketball player!

j.d. said...

Rob and K-Doug...thanks so much for letting us stay with you long enough to see the little miracle...Rach was in tears leaving the hospital today - you guys mean SO much to us, and we'll miss you tons...take care of LuLu's best friend...it's going to be incredible to watch that little girl grow...

Joanne and Deric said...
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Joanne and Deric said...

Congrulations to you both!!!! We are so happy for you. What good times lay ahead! Cant wait to meet her. We are thinking of you.

Lori said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! We just came back home to find out Peyton has arrived. She is beautiful!:)

Ditto on more pictures when you can, and a big 'Thanks!' to Rach for keeping us far-and-away friends updated.

hugs
Lori

Jess said...

CONGRATULATIONS YOU GUYS! Peyton is beautiful! And she was born on my 5 year anniversary so I will never forget her birthday! I can't wait to meet her! Love you guys!!!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to you both! I hope to meet her soon. Love, Todd

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! She is beautiful!! Who ever said they make them bigger in Texas has obviously never been to the Fort Bragg labor and delivery! :-)