Thursday, September 04, 2008

hello, isla louise

isla louise bandstra was born at 3:07am on sunday, august 31. she weighed ten pounds and was 22 1/2 inches long. her birth was a successful VBAC at skagit valley hospital in mount vernon, washington. we had a fantastic nurse midwife and a wonderful doula, and we couldn't have done it without them. we are all nesting in our cozy new home and getting to know this lovely little girl. hooray!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the photo of the new family. So precious. Hooray, she's here!

Job 77 said...

Welcome to Isla, and congratulations to Jessica, Aaron, and Noah!

We're thankful you had great birth support and a successful VBAC.

Unknown said...

She's beautiful! Congratulations! (Don't know if you remember me, friend of Sarahs Farbo and EE) :-)
~Madeleine

Anonymous said...

Congrats to the 4 of you, and a warm welcome to little Isla! What a beautiful little (or BIG!) girl with a lovely name! Hooray for babies, and Jess, I just did a blog post that is in honor of Isla and the other recently-arrived babies that I know...

Jennye Ashcroft said...

so glad to see pictures...enjoy your nesting, wish we were closer!