Sidney Hope was born at 2:28 p.m. yesterday, Saturday, September 12th, after about 5.5 hours of labor. It was an *interesting* labor, for sure, and I hope to get around to typing up that story as soon as I finish processing it in my head!
She is 20″ long and weighed in at 6 lbs. 13 ozs., one ounce smaller than Monkey Doodle, who was our smallest baby until now!
I’ve decided to christen her “Sunshine Doodle” here at Doodles’ Place for two reasons. One, you may remember that after my miscarriage in December, I posted the video of the song Praise You in the Storm. Having my third miscarriage was definitely a storm I didn’t want to walk through, but I chose to praise my God in the midst of it, and this beautiful girl is the Sunshine after the storm.
On a lighter note, a few minutes after she was born, Sean looked out the window at what had been kind of a gloomy, grey day and said, “Look, Sidney, you brought the sunshine with you!” That sealed it!
And now, a few more pictures…
Thank you to everyone who prayed for us throughout this pregnancy and yesterday while we were in labor!!!
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Congratulations! She is beautiful! Praying for a fast recovery.
Oh Congrats! She is just beautiful! I LOVE that you christened her Sunshine Doodle for this blog that is perfect and lovely!
She is beautiful and I just love the name you’ve cristened her with! Congratulations!
Congratulations! What a sweet new Doodle. Great pictures
Congratulations Mandi, your entire family is beautiful!! Love the story of her name.
So sweet!! Congratulations!!!
Who does she look like? Does she resemble how any of her sisters looked at birth? Enjoy this special time!
Congratulations! She’s beautiful, as is your whole family.
Mandi,
She is beautiful! Welcome to the world Sunshine Doodle. Your whole family looks so happy in these pictures. What a blessing she is. Congratulations!
A house full of beautiful little girls. You are blessed!
Congrats on your beautiful baby girl. Enjoy the sweetness!
I love Sunshine as a nickname! So beautiful, Mandi! Can’t wait to hear/see more! Get lots of rest!! (((hugs)))
She is so beautiful, congrats.
Mandi, she is adorable!!! I absolutely love her *christened* name
Can’t wait to hear more about your birth story!!! Congrats 
Congratulations, Mandi! I love seeing your blog and the pics of your kids! Your family is precious and you are an amazing Mom!
She is beautiful! She looks like her sisters
Welcome, sweet Sidney Hope… Miss Sunshine Doodle!
Mandi, you are glowing! The pics of your girls holding their baby sister are precious!
Congrats!!!
Congratulations, Mandi! What a beautiful family!!
congrats, mandi! she is beautiful and you look absolutely amazing!! you amaze me!!!
Congratulations on Sunshine Doodle! The pictures are beautiful, I love how all the big sisters are gathered around her. Beautiful and very blessed!
Congrats! She is beautiful! Our little Sydney is 5 months old and how quickly that time passed. Enjoy every moment!!
Congratulations, Mandi! I’ve been meaning to come over here for days and tell you so. She’s beautiful! You’ve got quite the clan there.
Enjoy those first few weeks – they’ll fly by…
Congratulations, Mandi! She is indeed lovely.
-Just stopping by from the SLM team.
I just saw this today. She is so beautiful! Congratulations on little Sunshine Doodle. What a sweet story for her nickname. I love that.
I hope your recovery goes beautifully. You have such a beautiful family!
Benny