A Star is Born!!!

The first day of the rest of our lives...Noelani Rae DeVore was brought into this world on Monday, June 2nd at 3:34 PM. She weighed in at a whopping 7 lbs 3 oz and was 19 inches long. Now I know I'm biased but she is indeed the most beautiful girl in the world!! What a surreal experience...we woke up early that morning and couldn't stop telling each other, "Today we're having a baby!!" We got to Swedish Hospital at Noon and soon after Tamera and both Ray's and my parents arrived to offer their support. By 2:30 PM we hit the road for the big moment...Can I just tell you how happy I was with my decision to do a C-section?

The entire process from the spinal to the recovery was incredibly easy - I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat.

Ray and Tamera were in the operating room with me and at 3:34 PM we caught the first glimpse of our little girl!! A star was born and without a doubt she looked like a Noelani...Our gift from Heaven!!!

I'm not sure which Grandparents were prouder - Ray's or Mine. Noelani is my Dad's first Grandchild and she's won his heart over 100 times already. This is Ray's parents 10th Grandchild so without a doubt she's a Perfect 10!!



We are truly blessed to have such a healthy and beautiful baby girl!!! Thank you to our family for being there and giving us your neverending support - We could not have done this without you...Well we probably could have made it happen but it wouldn't have been nearly as fun. You all kept us laughing through the whole process and for that we Thank you. Noelani is so lucky to have you all in her life!!

On Wednesday, June 4th we were able to check out and head for home!!! I have never been so emotional than the moment we strapped her in the carseat and drove out of the hospital parking garage...we were going home with our Angel!!