Miss Emmi Diana

We are so excited to welcome Emmi Diana to our family. I am still in shock that we have a little girl. She is so sweet and wonderful! I feel so blessed that Dave and I have the chance to have a daughter.

Emmi was 8 lbs. 10 oz. and 21.5 inches long
She was much bigger than I expected. I have had really wonderful deliveries and Emmi's was no exception. They started the pitocin at 7:30 am and we had her at 3:17 pm (about 4 hours less than my boys). I was induced this time and the process was faster than the boys. For me the epidural does magic for helping me progress. I went from a 4 to 10 in a little over an hour. She came out after less than 20 minutes of pushing. David kept saying, "Oh this baby is big!" Then I hear him say, "It's a girl!!" I couldn't even believe it. One thing that was so special was that we had my mother in-law Dorene, Gramma Jean, Aunt Teri, and Janell there to share this experience with us. While my own mom couldn't be there, I felt so loved to have all these great women and my wonderful husband there to cheer me on. Plus, all the doctors and nurses were so excited to find out if it was a boy or a girl.

Emmi's hiding under my arms, but this is us sharing the news with my parents. They were over joyed!

The boys were interested in seeing their sister. Parker said "she's so cute."

Josh was thought the baby was going to be a sister. He's already a great helper and cares about her very much. He's going to be a protective big brother.

Dave is amazing. Part of his job has included attending deliveries to care for babies immediately after they are born. He had everything set up for the nurse so she could get Emmi checked and weighed. He stayed right by her side to make sure she was getting the best care.

We had four generations of Mills there the day she was born

We were settled in our room and all the family headed home. Dave and I had a chance to spend the evening with our little lady. He stayed late to get her fed and off to the nursery so I could get some rest.

She was a good size, but she looks really big in this picture.

The boys were happy to have their sister home.

So far Parker hasn't tried to pick her up on his own. Surprisingly Josh did. He did a good job, but it caught me off guard. He is still learning how to support her head.

Parker has to be cheek to cheek when he holds her. Then he sings "Rock a bye baby"

She almost fell asleep while her dad was giving her, her first bath at home.

Parker had a hard time falling asleep the first night we were home from the hospital. So he came downstairs and ended up falling asleep right next to his sister.

Today I caught these two snoozing together. I had to get a picture. She didn't even mind her bow was over her eyes.

I can't express what a blessing this little girl is. I love my boys so much and adding a girl makes our family that much sweeter.