Hey everyone... meet my new daughter!

Well, she's finally here!

Everyone here at the CHM, I'd like you to meet Christina Rachel Wilson!



This picture was taken the day before we left the hospital.
She was born on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 6:41pm.
She weighed in at 8 pounds 4 ounces at birth, and was already up 3 ounces before we left the hospital on Friday afternoon.

It was a very difficult labour, and an even worse delivery. There were some pretty severe complications, and we almost lost her. So we want to thank all of you for all your prayers! It is DEEPLY APPRECIATED!!!

What a beautiful child! Congratulations! My children mean the world to me.

Congratulations!! How does it feel to be a dad?

I made a slight correction: she weighed 8 pounds, not 6 as I originally stated.

Thanks for the congratulations! Appreciated!

Yeah, she IS pretty beautiful, isn't she? Not sure how that happened... must take after my wife!

Garrison: Looks like you're pretty new here. Welcome! (I'm not new myself, but I did "disappear" for a while, so it's kinda like I'm new...) So how many kids do you have?

Endy: How does it feel? Well, surprisingly, quite natural... like it's SUPPOSED to be this way! Very strange but cool feeling.

Congratulations, Thomas! I was getting ready for work this morning and wondering if the baby had come. Awesome! She's beautiful!

Congratulations to you and your wife, Thomas. I hope Christina grows up to be the next great metal singer!

Garrison4JC is actually a CMR member who's just joined CHM.

Congratulations Thomas with Christine.
I was thinking last week if the baby was born.
She is a beauty.
How's your wife doing after all that happened?

Way to go man.. she's flawless ! Every parent's dream. Raise her in the ways of our Lord and Savior, and God will use her in glorious ways.

And as a recent "empty nester", may I say, live each day to it's fullest with your child, she will grow fast !

Fantastic news! God is great indeed, congrats to you and mom.

Very sorry to hear you had such a rough time during the labor and delivery (man that must have been quite a scare). She looks beautiful.

OK, before responding to individual comments, here's a quick update after visiting the pediatrician today:

She's up another 3 ounces in weight, and she has even grown in length slightly! (She was ALREADY 21-3/4" in length at birth!) The doctor was very pleased to see how well she is doing.

Thanks again for all your prayers!

Hey Congrats on the beautiful daughter!

OK, now to your comments...

Thanks again for all the congratulations and compliments on Christina's beauty! We of course think that she is the most beautiful baby ever! And don't anyone try to tell us otherwise!

DBF: Well, whether she sings or not, I'll get her into the band one way or another... guitar, keyboard, bass, drums, vocals... whatever... she'll be a rocker for sure!

Yvonne: My wife is doing OK. It's going to be a long recovery for her, because there was a lot of damage during delivery. But she is making good progress, and she WILL recover eventually. The important thing is that both mom AND daughter survived the ordeal. I thank God every day that we live in this age of such amazing medical technology and abilities!

Guilty/Forgiven:
An empty-nester and only two years older than me? Wow... you must have started young!
Yep, we'll definitely be raising her to know God. I know just by the way she started out in this world that He has a great plan for her, and I am excited to see it!
And I definitely plan to live life with Christina to its fullest... I just hope she's into LEGO! Ha ha ha!

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I just hope she's into LEGO!

Yup... LEGO rules!
I understand they have LEGO specifically for girls now...

Thomas, when you expect your first baby you have no idea how heavy a delivery can be.
Great to hear your wife and Christina are doing well now.
I hope your wife can get some help.

Great news to hear, Thomas!

We had a girl 12 weeks ago, and we're still having a great time!

Hope that both mum and baby are doing well

Fundy

Cruise on down to the states bro, LegoLand is only 2 1/2 hours from my place !

...make sure you teach her the ways of metal!

Here's one of my son a couple of years ago...

Yvonne: I have enough people around who have had babies... trust me, I know about how deliveries can be. But this one was particularly bad. Not the worst delivery in history of course, but PRETTY BAD. Basically, if this had happened 75 years ago, they MIGHT have been able to save Laura... but not the baby. If it had happened 150 years ago, I would have lost both of them. I thank God EVERY DAY now for modern medicine!

But the important thing is that both mother and daughter survived. The baby is doing very well, and although Laura has a long recovery ahead of her, she WILL recover. And I help her out as much as possible. We also have lots of family around that are ready, willing, and able to help at a moments notice. So again, very thankful to God for His AMAZING blessings!

Fundy: Hey, that's AWESOME! Congrats to you as well for YOUR new daughter!
"...the ways of metal...": Dude, that's AWESOME!!! As for my daughter, well, she's been hearing metal for nine months now already, so I see no reason to stop just because she has been born!

Guilty/Forgiven: There is actually a real LegoLand??? That's AWESOME! Unfortunately, California is a LITTLE far for me to go, or I'd SO be there! I haven't touched Lego in like nearly three decades... but it would be great to get into that!

I just looked over my last post... do you think I used a certain word enough??? Well, I guess everything is just "AWESOME" tonight!

Well it's better than "Tubular" or "Gnarly"

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

Well it's better than "Tubular" or "Gnarly"

lol