She's here!! She's here!!!!!

We are so excited to welcome Greta Christine Townsend into our family! She arrived Monday July 13th at 2:20pm after 9 hours of unmedicated labor!! She was 8lbs 12oz and 21" at birth, which is only an ounce smaller than Soren and the same length! We can definately see a resemblence between Greta and Soren, and think that she's a beatiful little girl (although we're pretty biased)!! I will post the full birth story when I have some time and energy, but the short version is that it was a completely different experience than Soren's birth- intense and so difficult, but so much smoother! Soren showed up at the hospital with flowers and a big grin for mom, but is a bit leary of his baby sister. Curious, but would rather observe from a far for now. We head home from the hospital this afternoon!! In the meantime here are a plethora of pictures!