Update

Our little Leila had a doctor’s visit this last Wednesday.  She is a tiny baby but has already regained her birth weight.  This was quite encouraging to us because as long as a baby eats well and (ahem) poops well, she’s doing great!  We have put together a little slideshow of her first week in this beautiful world.   We’ll do our best to keep you posted on how this precious little thing grows.

This slideshow is set to the song “Redeemer” by Nicole C. Mullen.  This song was part of our play list that we listened to just prior to her being born.  The words, therefore, carry a lot of significance to us and as you listen to it, I think you’ll agree.

More pictures from a fun weekend!:)

I hope that you get to know Leila more and more in the days to come.  She has been an absolute delight.   I hope you enjoy her as much as we do!

Captured this when Leila first experienced the sunrise

Jody and Teresa meet Leila

Pastor Dan said a prayer for us

Tiny fingers

Biker Bob paid a surprise visit!

Aunt Betsy and Leila

Aunt Lori

Leila’s curly haired aunt Jackie

The US tata and ava!

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Showing us her eyes and her really wrinkly fingers… they aren’t wrinkly anymore!

I couldn’t wait to try the car seat out.. I am a dork!

She is here!!

JP and Katy are proud parents of Leila Ruth Sundararajan.

Leila was born this afternoon at 1:40 PM.  She weights 6 lbs 11 oz and is 18inches long.   Mom and daughter are doing well.    We love you all!   We will be home on Sunday and hopefully will be putting more pictures as we take them.   For now, I hope these few suffice.  She is absolutely precious!   

Ask and ye shall receive!

Well… the baby is still snug and comfortable where she is, but I hope that we’ll have her in our arms soon enough.  Until that time, we have the joys of preparing to receive her.   And as her future grandparents requested, here are some more recent pregnancy pictures.  Enjoy this as this season of life draws to a close!

The wait

So here we are.  Our little girl is technically due tomorrow but who knows when exactly she’ll make her long awaited debut in life.   These past few weeks have been great for Katy and me.  When we crossed the 37 week mark, we breathed a little easier but were still looking forward to have the baby grow some more.  37 weeks slowly turned into 40 weeks.   And here we are.  

We have had a great time getting things ready and set up in the house.  The car seat has been installed and inspected.  The nursery looks whimsical, the bed is made, the bottles and clothes are all washed and put in their respective places.  The house has been cleaned, even the lawn has been mowed.   We now wait.   We are excited to welcome her in and are very curious to see what she will look like.  Will she look like me?  will she look like Katy?  Will her hair be black? brown?   We know it won’t be blonde!:)   Will she be lighter skinned or darker skinned?   What about her eyes?    So many questions…  the answers will come very soon.

We will keep you posted!  So keep checking in…  there is a lot of excitement in our household/s.   We cannot wait to show you our child!:)