Saturday, December 03, 2005

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!..)

18 comments:

  1. Congratulations! You all look great, and the baby is beautiful.

    And 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!

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  2. Hello Marta! Welcome! You have aunts and uncles around the world!

    Your 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!

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  3. Congratulations! What a beautiful baby!

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  4. Congratulations. She looks beautiful and perfect.

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  5. Congratulations Veronica and Misha. oh and Happy Birthday Marta! (literally) :)

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  6. dunyaya hosgeldin marta!




    --aegean disclosure

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  7. Congratulations. She is absurdly sweet.

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  8. She's beautiful! Congratulations!

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  9. mnohaya lita! Congratulations and all the best from Cologne :-)

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  10. Duzia Harna!

    The Dec 2 pic - You look like bookends!

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  11. Welcome to the world, Marta, and congratulations to your happy parents!

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  12. Dear Veronica and Mishah,

    That'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 ;)

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  13. 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!

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  14. Congrats to you all, your daugther is just lovely! I also hope you have a speedy recovery.

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  15. Congratulations Neeka and Mishah!! She's beautiful.

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  16. Marta is beautiful....truly beautifull!! Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.

    an interested reader from New England, USA

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