“We have a new baby girl, that is, Melanie and Walt McRoberts have a new baby girl born today, Wednesday, October 22, 2008.  She weighed in at 5lbs. 9oz. and measured 18.5 inches long.  Her name will be Phoebe Sage McRoberts.  She’s cute, sweet and everything else that is nice.  She will have pretty eyes, I’m sure.  I just haven’t seen them yet.”

Brad and Michelle had their first child on Friday!

During normal labor, the midwife decided the baby was distressed and called in a doctor for a second opinion. He thought it would be better for the baby to do a C Section. Much to Michelle’s (and Brad’s) dismay, she was in the operating room about 5 minutes later. Hayley Michelle Haymond was born at 6:56 pm Friday and was 5 lbs 15 oz and 20 inches long.

Hayley is awesome. All the nurses in the nursery at the hospital love her because she never cries or fusses unless she is hungry. Our completely objective opinion is that she is pretty cute, too.

Michelle had some complications during the operation (which Brad was lucky enough to witness – without any drugs) which necessitated, among other things, 3 units of blood and a night’s stay in the intensive care unit. She finally got to see our daughter for the first time (while coherent) Saturday afternoon.

They came home from the hospital yesterday (Sept 2). Since Michelle just started really walking again yesterday for the first time, the saga will continue.

Head over to www.bradandmichelle.com for some photos of the beautiful baby.

“Here are some pics from the ultrasound. She is growing normally and everything looks great. She was squirming around quite a bit, so we got to watch her for like 10 minutes while the ultrasound technician tried to get good pics of her. We got to see her heart, brain, stomach, arms, legs, and many other things. She also had the hiccups, which was pretty fun.”