Arrival of Sophia Patricia Femino!!!

Hello!! After much anticipation, Soraya and I were blessed with the birth of our daughter on October 19th 2007. After going into the hosptial to be induced, the drugs were not able to complete the induction and the Doctor recommeded us to shift to a Cesarean delivery.














Soraya arrived in the Operating Room while I dressed and waited to be allowed in.














After given the green light to enter, the baby was delivered about 8 minutes after the surgery began.

Sophia Patricia Femino was born at 12:33 pm. She weighed 7 lbs / 3.2 kg and was 20 inches long / 51 cm. Here she is about 3 minutes after being born:














Here she is meeting mom for the first time















While the doctors continued with Soraya, Sophia and I went to the nursery to ensure she was well and all of her tests showed she was perfect in every way:





















After evalating Sophia in the Nursery, we were finally able to go and see Soraya in our post delivery room.

















We also had some good time with Sophia and Dad...

















A couple of alert pictures of our new beautiful daughter are:







More pictures and stories to follow -- all is well with Sophia, Mom and Dad,

Love,
Joe and Soraya