Brooke Elizabeth Rodgers
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 7:42PM 
After 28 hours of various stages of labor, Brooke was born at 11:18 am on Wednesday, September 2nd, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, by Cesarean section. She weighs 7 lbs, 13 oz, and she is 20 inches long. She has gray-blue eyes, and dark brown hair like her Mommy. While I am flattered by comments that Ethan takes after my features, I'm thrilled that Brook walks in Betsy's shoes. Her hair. Her face. The fact that she was actually early to an appointment (her due date was Saturday). We're praising God for her healthy arrival!
Below are some of her first photos. More to come. Lots more ;) Check out rodgers.phanfare.com for the next, say, 50 years, to see more. I'll put up a Phanfare gallery with a few more shots from Brooke's birth, and I plan to continue this as a "100 days project" (a photo a day for the first 100 days), just like we did for Ethan.
Enjoy, and thanks for all the wonderful comments on Facebook!
Oh, and I'll post some procrastinated maternity photos on my blog. Very procrastinated. I mean, shooting in-between-contractions procrastinated. Literally.
Reader Comments (7)
Welcome to the world, Brooke! You are so beautiful!!!
Thanks for posting these, Loren! We are so happy to finally get to see our precious little niece. :)
Congratulations for the cute little lady to you and to your entire family. Enjoy before it is too late
Congratulations again to your entire family! You are so blessed & it is wonderful to see the dedication & love between your entire family! Enjoy this time...they grow up fast.
What a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations Betsy and Loren; I can't wait to meet her!
Hooray for another beautiful and healthy baby! Looking forward to spoiling this one rotten like aunts and uncles get to do!
Congratulations! She's wonderful!
She is so pretty!!! I can't wait to meet my new cousin.