Today's doctor visit

Emma visited the doctor today for a quick weigh-in. According to the doctor's scale, she gained fourteen ounces in eight days! She went from 6 pounds, 9 ounces last Monday to 7 pounds, 7 ounces today. That's almost two ounces a day!

Pictures from last weekend

We had a lot of visitors this weekend! Granny, Grandpa Tim, Grandma Jean, Aunt Christie, Uncle Cort, and Emma's cousins Alexis and Dave came up from Chicago. We had a great time, and took a lot of pictures. Somewhere along the line we all seem to have turned into paparazzi...

Granny and Emma:


Granny with all three of her great-grandkids:


Grandpa Tim with the crew:


Grandma Jean and Emma:


Emma and Aunt Christie:


Alexis (3.5 years), Dave (5.5 months), and Emma (0.5 months):


We also compared head sizes. Cousin Dave wins... For now!


And, finally, Alexis holding her new cousin:


Thanks to everybody for coming to visit us!

Visit from Chicago

Grandma Jean, Grandpa Tim, and Uncle Scott came up to meet Emma today!

Here's Emma with Grandpa Tim and Grandma Jean:

Emma and Uncle Scott:

Grandpa Tim, Grandpa Jean, Emma, Grandma Linda, and Grandpa Rich:

Here's the cake Grandma Jean brought up for us - since Mom and Dad's birthdays are right before Emma was born, we celebrated all three events!

And, finally, a picture of the happy guest of honor:

Emma's home!

We brought Emma home today. Here's a pic of her in the Pack 'N Play:

Emma stats (and a picture)

Hi everybody,

We're having a nice, quiet afternoon at the hospital. Everybody's healthy and happy, and it looks like we're going home tomorrow morning! We're looking forward to bringing Emma home and introducing her to the dogs (who have no idea what's in store for them).

As a point of interest, Emma is 19.5 inches long (50th percentile), weighs 6 pounds, 10.5 ounces (15th percentile), and her head circumference is 13.6 inches (31st percentile). So, she has a relatively tiny head compared to other newborns, but it's a bit on the big size for her weight. So, it seems that she hasn't really inherited the O'Shea Big Head Gene!

Also, here's a picture I took last night. She has some big eyes!

Some more Emma pictures

Thanks to everybody for your congratulations and wishes. We really appreciate it! By popular demand, here are some more pictures.

Emma this morning, up close:

In her crib:

Held by Mom:

With Mom and Dad:

With Papa (Grandpa Wurtzel):

With Grammy (Grandma Wurtzel) and Aunt Stephanie:

And Aunt Stephanie by herself:

Introducing Emma Rose O'Shea

We'd like to introduce Emma Rose O'Shea. She was born at 4:17 p.m. Eastern time today (Wed. August 19th, 2009). She is 19.5 inches long and weighs 6 pounds, 10.5 ounces. More to come soon!

Love, Melissa, Brian and Emma