11/8/09

Little Red







Our home birth experience couldn't have been better. Ruby Emmerson was born on Saturday, Nov. 7th @ 3:45 p.m. after 5 hours of labor and weighed 9 lbs. 1 oz. She's got her daddy's feet and her brother's chin but is a beauty in her own right. We're all doing well, if not a little sleepy, and enjoying that fantastic newborn smell. Thank you for all of your well wishes, thoughts, and prayers. I was telling Brett last night that knowing so many online friends were rooting for me yesterday got me through some of those early hard contractions.

I'll be back with a birth story and more pictures when we've all had a little more recovery time.

xoxo,
Rachel, Brett, Sebastian and Little Red

156 comments:

  1. wow!!! BEAUTIFUL!!! congrats again!
    ~e

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  2. Congratulations Rachel! Ruby is so beautiful!

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  3. she is beautiful! the photo of her with sebastian is the sweetest :]

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  4. A big CONGRATS to you all and WELCOME Little Red! :)

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  5. Congratulations again! She's adorable...and look at her brother...he looks so proud(and so does dad!)!

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  6. Many happy returns on your new arrival.
    I can tell you from personal experience that having a boy AND a girl is so much fun! You will never have to wonder now "what if...?"
    If they are like my two they will be great friends and share so much together (most of which I'm not privvy to!)
    All children are miriclaes but to be blessed with one of each is something else!

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  7. awwww.....little red...how precious! She is beautiful....so happy her arrival was a wonderful one. Rest up! :)

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  8. Congratulations! She's beautiful and I'm glad to read that her birth went well.

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  9. She is SO BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing photos so soon!

    <3

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  10. So precious!! Congrats on your cute little bundle of joy!

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  11. Congratulations! So glad to hear it went so well. Enjoy.

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  12. I'm so happy for you Rachel! I've been reading your blog for ages and have been cheering for you during your pregnancy because I am about 5 weeks behind you with my first baby (!!). You have been such a beautiful mumma and I'm so glad the birth went well. Ruby is so sweet! Congratulations! xo

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  13. Welcome, Ruby Emerson! You have lots of fans that love you so much already.

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  14. Congratulations! She's beautiful!! Hope all is well!

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  15. she is a super cutey. congrats and i love the nickname "little red"!

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  16. Congratulations, she is just beautiful! A job well done!

    Enjoy these first few weeks xx

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  17. OMG..She is so beautiful. I love the pic where she laying on that pillow..she is so tiny..I almost forgot how tired it is to take care baby..hope you rest well. eat well.and congratulation!

    ^-^

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  18. Goodness I love her name!!! :)

    Congrats again!


    xoxo,
    C

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  19. Soooo SWEET! She is absolutely beautiful...congratulations!!!!

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  21. A big Congrats to you and your beautiful family with the amazing arrival Of Sweet Ruby!!!!!!

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  22. congrats to you && your family!baby ruby is adorable!

    -aw

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  23. she is beautiful! congratulations!

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  24. Such a beautiful, precious little girl! Babies are such a blessing- enjoy every moment!

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  25. Congratulations! She's very beautiful! Adorable pics!

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  26. Congratulations Rachel to all of you! Ruby is precious xox
    Enjoy every moment x

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  27. Oh my goodness, she is beautiful! Congratulations!!

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  28. oh glorious day!!congrats to you and your family!!welcome to the blog world Ruby(so cute) ha!!!
    God bless!!!

    ~adrienne K~

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  29. So happy to hear Ruby's homebirth arrival went splendid.

    Wonderful news! Congrats to your growing family!

    Take care!

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  30. I have been melting over the pictures on Flickr. I am SO happy for you guys, she is just perfection. I can't wait to see more of this little beauty and hear her story! And now, it is my turn! Now send baby vibes my way ;) Congrats!!!

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  31. been waiting for these pics and this update..so happy for you rachel and I know in heart that Mr.
    "S" will be the most fantastic big brother a sister could have..congrats to you and brett!!!

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  32. She's beautiful. Congratulations to you all.

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  33. Congrats to you all and welcome to the world Ruby!

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  34. she is beautiful! Congratulations to the four of you!

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  35. shes absolute baby perfection! congratulations y'all!

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  36. congratulations. my heart is melting for her--what a love!

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  37. Congratulations! How wonderful for you. I have mentioned before that I love the name Ruby. Great choice!

    Enjoy these next few days as a new family of 4.

    Tricia

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  38. so happy for you! congratulations. she is precious.

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  39. yay!!!! Congrats on the wonderful and beautiful new addition to your family :)

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  40. yay!!!! Congrats on the wonderful and beautiful new addition to your family :)

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  41. WOOOO!!! Way to go MAMA & Family!!!
    A nice short home birth is awesome. I had one too just a few months ago. What a blessing. we'll be thinking of you. WOOOOOO!!!!

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  42. oh my word!!! she is adorable:) congrats!!!!

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  43. so beautiful! amazing, really amazing Rachel <3

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  44. yay!!! i have been waiting all week! im so excited for you! congrats love :) shes beautiful!!

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  45. Congratulations! Little Ruby is beautiful!

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  46. Congratulations, Rachel! She is gorgeous!

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  47. Congratulations! What a beautiful little addition to your family.

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  48. Aww! Adorable! Congratulations, Denbows! :)

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  49. What a beautiful name (and very stylish girl!) and beautiful family. Congratulations! And hope you are getting plenty of rest! :)

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  50. such great news! i've been thinking about you these past few days + have been wonderin!!!

    she is just perfect, so happy for you all. congrats!!!

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  51. Congrats to you all, she's beautiful! Take all the time you need to recover, and enjoy those first few days :)

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  52. fantastic!! Thanx for sharing your sweet new arrival.

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  53. Congratulations! She is beautiful.

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  54. awwwwww "Little Red" is so sweet and pretty!!! I'm grinning ear to ear! :)

    XO!

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  55. Congratulations! What a beautiful addition to your family... :)

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  56. Aaaw - she's just darling, Rachel!! And I love love her middle name, too. Amazing. Congrats to you and the whole fam!!

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  57. omg she's beautiful!
    congrats : )

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  58. Congratulations! She is beautiful!

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  59. congratulations. she is a beauty :)

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  60. She is beautiful Rachel!! Just precious!! Congratulations!

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  61. awww she may be the prettiest baby girl on earth! congratulations!!!

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  62. Congrats to you and to the big brother...always protect your baby sister and always let her know your there for her.

    God Bless you all!

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  63. Once again congrats, She is absolutly perfect! So glad you were able to have her at home and it went well. Take care of yourself and I pray for a great adjustment!

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  64. Little red?! That is the cutest! I'm sooo happy for you guys. :)

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  65. So awesome!! I'm so excited for you guys. I just had my second baby about 5 months ago and i miss those first couple of weeks with a new baby, and a 4 year old. trying to figure out how to jugle two can be kind of stressful at times, but so worth it all. The feeling of having all that love around and this little tiny person that you know needs you no matter what is irreplacable. Enjoy the baby they grow to fast.

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  66. Congratulations, little red is beautiful!

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  67. Aww, congratulations!!! I've been watching & waiting for updates. I love the photos, too. So cute! I also love the Little Red nickname. So adorable. Tons of well wishes to all four of you!

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  68. Woohoo she is gorgeous! Maybe someday our little ones can go on a date. ;) Congrats Rachel!

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  69. Congratulations! She is beautiful!

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  70. Congratulations! She is beautiful!

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  71. Rachel! She is so beautiful. I've had Ruby and your family on my mind all weekend. So happy to see her cute little squishy face! -Suzanne W.

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  72. oh my goodness she is beautiful!! i hope the birth was wonderful and full of love! i can't believe it was that short!

    p.s. she looks adorable in her handmade hat!! i love the picture of her and sebastian!

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  73. 5 hours?? wow. she is so precious.
    enjoy your little sweet heart(and some precious sleep time).

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  74. 5 hours?! lucky girl!!! she is beautiful congrats.

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  75. omg!! is she precious or what. enjoy <3

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  76. She's absolutely beautiful! Congratulations on your newest. Parenting two is a bit more challenging but it's so very worth it.

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  77. Oh so sweet!!
    Congratulations to you all!

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  78. dear rachel! i wish you and your familily all the best; have a happy and fun time with your pretty daughter, she´s really sweet!!! ;-)

    xoxoxo Trine

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  79. congratulations - she is gorgeous!!! absolutely perfect in every way.

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  80. Oh Rachel, she's such a little sweetheart...absolutely adorable!!!Sheesh, I feel like I have really run the gauntlet of emotions with you as I have watched your story unfold online. I am just SO thrilled for you all, glad your birth went well, and that all is wonderful in your little family today.

    Hi Ruby *waving madly over here in Australia*! It's lovely to "meet" you at last :D

    Karen xx

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  81. What a beauty! Congratulations.

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  82. awwwww, little Ruby is gorgeous! i LOVE that little dwell onesie ... and wow, what a perfect pic of little red with her big brother! LOVE. you did good, mama.

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  83. Congratulatoins to your family:) She is beautiful! I hope you are well:)
    love..

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  84. Dear Rachel, congratulations to all of you..She is such a cutie pie :) The photos are all so precious...I wish you all the best and God bless you all....
    Maja

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  85. oh yay rach! so happy for you all...especially having a lovely homebirth - she is so sweet xx

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  86. Congrats!! She was born on my daughters 1st birthday!! xx

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  87. aw, how adorable! congratulations! :D

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  88. she is amazing!!!
    congratulations!!!

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  89. She's beautiful! Congratulations to you all! x

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  90. Awww! Congratulations again. I have a boy and girl too - it's brilliant having one of each. Hope she lets you all gets some sleep :)

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  91. Congratulations on the arrival of your sweet new little one!

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  92. She is absolutely beautiful! Loving those toes!! Congratulations and take a BIG, deep inhale of her newborn smell for me!

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  93. Congratulations! She's stunning! And way to go mama!

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  94. oh what a wonderful day, rachel.
    congratulations
    she looks absolutely heavenly
    xoxo
    kl

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  95. Congratulations Denbows. Enjoy every sleepless moment.

    Betsy
    San Antonio, TX

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  96. She couldn't be prettier! Congratutlations to you all!

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  97. She's beautiful and looks so healthy! Congratulations to your whole family!!!

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  98. congratulations! what an absolutely perfect little blessing :)

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  99. Awww, congrats! What a lovely little Ruby.

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  100. I can't stop coming back to look at those little toes! What a beauty!

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  101. Congratulations on your beautiful little one! She is so precious!! That's awesome you had a homebirth. Congrats!
    -Adrian

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  102. Lovely!!! Welcome Ruby to this great big adventure!
    Our family is expecting our third and I just can not imagine it.

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  103. Congratulations! She is beautiful! Love her first outfit. I'm positive she will always be well dressed.

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  104. Congrats, ohhhh, I love baby smells, kissing little feet, and changing diapers every 2 hours. Ok maybe not the last part.

    Congrats, shes a beauty.

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  105. Sebastian, Ruby, Emmerson, stop stealing all my favorite baby names!

    I'm so happy for you all! You did a great job!

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  106. OMG she's perfect! I'm so happy for you guys and so proud of you home birth mamma! BUG HUG!

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  107. Absolutely adorable! Congratulations!

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  108. She is precious!! Congratulations

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  109. omg your baby is beautiful!!
    Congratulations to your beautiful family!!

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  110. Congratulations- she's tooo sweet!!!

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  111. Congrats...she is too cute!!!

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  112. Awww! So happy + excited for you guys! Hope you had a restful, cozy weekend! Congratulations on your beautiful, sweet Ruby!
    xo

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  113. congrats lady! what a beautiful babie- hope all is well and you are rested.

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  114. oh, what a beauty she is! congrats.

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  115. Congratulations Rachel! She is gorgeous and I can't wait to see more pictures!

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  116. OMG, that is one of the cutest pictures I have EVER seen, seriously!!!!! She is absolutely beautiful!!!!!! Congratulations! :)

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  117. Congrats! & yay, our kiddos share a name! :)

    <3

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  118. oh my! what a sweet, precious little girl! congrats!

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  119. Congratulations to you and yours! xo, abbey

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  120. Congrats to you all!!! She is adorable!!

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  121. What a beautiful baby girl!!!Congratulations!!!

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  122. Don't know you, but a new life should be honored!
    She beautiful!

    Congratulations all the way from Denmark.

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  123. And then there were 4. Beautiful! So glad to see photos up already. Can't wait to watch her grow up along with Sebastian. She's beautiful.

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  124. Oh Rachel she is soooo precious! Glad all went well and keep those pictures coming.

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  125. OHHH CONGRATULATIONS :] Im so happy for you guys! She is beautiful and her clothes are darling! You all are a darling family. I pray immense blessings towards you all!

    <3 forever

    mAdi

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  126. Congratulations Rachel and family -she is beautiful!

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  127. She's beautiful. Congratulations.

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  128. What a cutie-pie! You certainly have a beautiful family! Congrats, Rachel! :)

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  129. congratulations, she is beautiful!!

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  130. :) oh wow!! Beautiful baby girl!! How wonderful for you all!

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  131. what a beautiful little blessing xxoo

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  132. Sweet perfection. COngratulations!

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  133. congratulations! little red looks super adorable! x

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  134. she is so beautiful! i wish you all the love and happiness in the world. congratulations, and God bless!

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