{"id":1988,"date":"2009-11-27T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2015-11-27T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T22:28:16","slug":"welcome-baby-girl-weve-been-waiting-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/27\/welcome-baby-girl-weve-been-waiting-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Baby Girl – We’ve Been Waiting for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s with great pleasure and joy in my heart that I introduce to you our newest special gem.<\/p>\n

Sydney Etheena Tomchak<\/span> <\/h2>\n

Sydney joined us in the outside world at 9:43am this morning (November 27th 2009), and weighs in at a healthy 7 lbs, 4 oz. and measures 20.75 inches. Mom and baby are doing fine and Brenda is now in her room resting up.<\/p>\n

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We’ve known since the beginning (even before the boys) that if we did have a girl, some part of the name would be Etheena, named after Brenda’s oldest sister Tina who passed away in 2004. Tina’s legal name was Etheena, but friends and family called her Tina for short. The first name is a name that we both really liked after many weeks of throwing names at each other like darts. It was not unusual to just walk into the room and yell out a name, and the other person automatically knew what you were “asking”.<\/p>\n

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While it’s true that we would have been happy with a boy or girl, we’re extra happy that we have a girl to round out our family. I’ve said right from the beginning that I really wanted to have a “Mini-Brenda”. \u00a0And I know how happy Brenda is that she now has a little girl to go shopping with and do all of the girl things that she misses out on with the boys.<\/p>\n

Speaking of shopping, we have a little confession to make. We’ve known from the 20 week mark that we were having a girl, but decided to keep it a surprise for everybody else. We just couldn’t wait to find out this time – we were both pretty confident that it was going to be a girl. The day that we found out, we actually went shopping at the mall and Brenda bought her the first outfit. See the video below for our documented trip.<\/p>\n\n

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We have been in love with her for awhile now, so it’s nice to finally meet her!<\/p>\n

More updates and plenty of photos in the days to come.<\/p>\n

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