Mishah and I are incredibly happy to announce the birth of our wonderful daughter, Marta:
MARTA SMETANA
Born: Thursday, December 1, 2005, at 10:08 am, in Kyiv, Ukraine
Weight: 3 kg 140 g
Height: 50 cm
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Dec. 1 - Marta is roughly 4 hours and 20 minutes old
Dec. 2 - 27 hours old
Dec. 2 - almost 31 hours old
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Dec. 1 - Marta is nearly 4 hours and 30 minutes old
Dec. 2 - 30 hours and 40 minutes old
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Dec. 2 - Marta is 32 hours old (and I feel a million times better than this picture would make you believe: I feel wonderful enough to keep taking the camera away from Mishah and then ending up with just one photo of myself with my daughter worth showing to anyone!..)
Congratulations! You all look great, and the baby is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd I must add that baby swaddling is so much cuter in the FSU than it is the States, where ours just squirm in a blanket that's always coming off...
Best wishes to all of you! Thanks for the pictures!
Hello Marta! Welcome! You have aunts and uncles around the world!
ReplyDeleteYour father looks like he's going to burst with pride. Mom looks exhausted!
What a wonderful family! Thank you so much for the pictures, Neeka!
Congratulations! What a beautiful baby!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. She looks beautiful and perfect.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Veronica and Misha. oh and Happy Birthday Marta! (literally) :)
ReplyDeleteTerrific news!
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David
dunyaya hosgeldin marta!
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Congratulations. She is absurdly sweet.
ReplyDeleteShe's beautiful! Congratulations!
ReplyDeletemnohaya lita! Congratulations and all the best from Cologne :-)
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary!
ReplyDeleteDuzia Harna!
ReplyDeleteThe Dec 2 pic - You look like bookends!
Welcome to the world, Marta, and congratulations to your happy parents!
ReplyDeleteDear Veronica and Mishah,
ReplyDeleteThat's Henry and Sasha writing to you from Montreal ;) We learnt about your small treasure - Marta - and would like to wish you a lot of joy, happiness and patience with newly born. To Marta - to grow big and healthy ;)
we don't know each other, but i read your blog and just wanted to say congratulations! what a special time. (i have 3 children). i hope you have a speedy recovery from labor. enjoy your time with marta. all the best!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you all, your daugther is just lovely! I also hope you have a speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Neeka and Mishah!! She's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMarta is beautiful....truly beautifull!! Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.
ReplyDeletean interested reader from New England, USA