12:37pm  3lbs 2oz.  Dalya Joy is born.
Ok, so I came a little bit early (10 weeks to be exact.) Sue me. Â I just could not wait any longer to meet my mommy and daddy!!!!
This photo was taken about 1 minute after the doctors took me out of my mommy’s belly.  Daddy was not allowed to shoot pictures until this moment.  I made a brief appearance and then was whisked away by the doctors to get checked out.
Mommy is smiling because she just heard me cry for the fist time and then heard the nurse say, ” I don’t think I see a penis. Â Congratulations I think you have a baby girl!”
Don’t be alarmed by all the wires and tubes. Â I am comfortable and not feeling a thing. Â The thing on my face is called a C PAP. I am not intubated. Â I am breathing on my own. Â This just pushes a little air through my nose to make sure to keep my immature longs open. At this point I am in the NICU Level 3.