Sunday, September 07, 2008

Labor Day

I know that most Americans celebrated Labor Day last Monday.  Never ones to be slaves to tradition, however, Danielle and I decided to wait a week before celebrating ours.  To be more accurate, Evelyn decided that we would wait a week.  Oh, where's my brain?  You don't know Evelyn yet, do you?  Well, let me introduce you to Evelyn Donna Doan...

She was born at 11:09 in the morning. (A rather speedy arrival in comparison to Eldan's experience.)  She weighs 8 lbs. 11 oz. and is 21 inches long.  Both mother and baby are doing well.  We have noticed that little Evie (as we will be calling her) seems to be a little spitfire.  She has no qualms about expressing her displeasure over certain activities that she feels are unnecessary.  She is beautiful.  Her dad is a little shell-shocked at the thought of raising a girl, but hey--it will make life interesting, right?

More pictures and videos will be posted as they become available.  Thank you to all for your prayers and support!

Andrew and Danielle chose to use the middle name of Donna in loving memory of Danielle's grandmother--Donna Woodward.


12 comments:

Anonymous said...

congratulations Doan family we hoped it was going to be a girl so did Tori Snow Eldan is officially a big brother

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful little girl!!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!! Eldan will be sp happy to have a "sweet baby girl". Thanks you keeping us posted, Love Gwinn's

QNormal said...

I have more than one person to verify this. I guessed the name Evelyn well over a month ago. Andrew was not very good at dissimulating when I asked him if the choice for a girl's name was Evelyn. I am almost more happy about that than I am about the birth of little Evie. Almost.
Congratulations to the Andrew Doan family.

Anonymous said...

Congrats!!! I kinda think she's favors Eldan a little. Glad everything went smoothly.

The Writer Chic said...

Congrats to you all! She's beautiful!

Anonymous said...

She looks just like we thought she would . . . herself! Welcome Evelyn! We can't wait to meet you in person. Elliot is so happy to have yet another cousin. The family is getting quite big, but the more the merrier. Love, hugs, kisses, and naps to all!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!! She is absolutely gorgeous. :) How precious... We're still praying for you all.

Anonymous said...

Yayyyy!
A little Danielle!
She's adorable. (:
I can't wait to meet her!
Tell Eldan I said hi.
Jeremiah 29:11.

Laura said...

Woohoo!!!
It's a gir-l! It's a gir-l!
What fun!!!
We are so excited for you ALL :)
Love and hugs to all you Doans - bot big and little.

Anonymous said...

what a cutie!!!! I knew you were going to have a girl!! We are praying for you. Congratulations
The Millers

Laura said...

So...just to clarify for us that are far away...
Are you pronouncing her name [EH-veh-lin] or [EE-veh-lin]? And her nickname the same I assume? [EH-vee] or [EE-vee]?

She is so wonderful, by the way! LOVE the video!! SO very much wish you were still here for us to enjoy her! ;(