A baby born

Last Saturday, April 10th, our little girl Giovanna Vitória Prieto was born at 4:03pm. She weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz. at birth, and is 21.5 inches long. After a labor spanning three days, she came out just as I had seen her in my "pickle" dream: perfect, and with a shocking mop of dark black hair.


Two definitely felt better than one, and three feels better than two...


The icing on the cake was that when my amazing friends/bosses Rebecca and Dena came to photograph Giovanna shortly after her birth, my mom and Marcos' parents were celebrating with us, and were able to be in the photo shoot. We are not at a point where we are able to give much to our parents in return for all they have done for us, so having this experience together was absolutely priceless.

Giovanna is named after both of her grandmothers, who are both named Victoria (Marcos' mom is Vitória, the Portuguese version), and who are both incredible women.


Since we had opted to postpone her induction date and allow her to come on her own, there was a chance that Marcos' parents would miss her grand appearance. As it was, she came two days after her scheduled induction, and everyone was able to enjoy her before returning home.

What a great, great blessing...