We Are Family!

Bringing Home Baby

Auntie Alie (after staying up all night... Elijah was only a couple hours old!)

Grandma... Hmm... I'm not sure how I feel about that...

Grandpa... Hmm... I'm not sure how I feel about that either...

Uncle Ian (Who was REALLY cute with Elijah, by the way)

Us "Kids"

Pretty Mama

Beautiful Baby For those of you that don't know, Elijah has had a pretty tough first week. His bilirubin count went up too high, which is an indicator that he could get jaundice if his levels didn't go back down. Nat and Shawn brought him home on Wednesday night, but had to take him back to the doctor on Thursday morning and 3 times on Friday to get his blood drawn and checked. Their Doctor readmitted Elijah into the hospital on Friday night and kept him there under special lights until Saturday night at 10pm when he got to come home again. His bilirubin count has gone down and for now, it looks like he's out of the woods, but the poor little guy has been back and forth to the doctor so many times, we haven't been able to see him much. He's been such a good baby though! He's been pricked and poked so many times to draw his blood so they can check his levels, but he is being so good for his mommy and daddy. What a precious little guy! I'm looking forward to spending more time with him during this next week. Ian flew up from college in San Diego for the weekend to meet his nephew. It's been fun having the 3 of us siblings together again since it doesn't happen too often anymore. Steven is flying in this Friday to meet Elijah and hang out for the weekend, so I'm looking forward to that as well. A heartfelt thanks to all of you who have prayed for Elijah!

Angel Baby

Elijah's home now! Natalie, Shawn and Baby got to leave the hospital at 6:35pm this evening. Thank you to everyone for your prayers, congratulations and sweet words! Natalie and Shawn are so blessed by your outpouring of love for this little miracle of life!

Look at the beautiful pictures my cousin Joey took of Baby Elijah!

I Am Proud to Announce the Arrival of Elijah Zion Murphy!!!!

Born: 10:29am January 15th, 2008
Weight: 6lbs 14oz
Length: 20 1/4 inches

Mom and Dad are doing GREAT! Natalie did AMAZING! And baby Elijah is a healthy beautiful baby boy! I got to witness my first birth!!! WOW! I am in love with Elijah!

Hello, World! Here I am!

Update!

Right after my last post at 11, Natalie's contractions switched to 5 minutes apart and started getting longer and more intense. It's 12:35am now and we are loading up the car to head to the hospital. The contractions are 3-5 minutes apart consistently now and are getting more and more painful, so off we go! Here we go!

Nat's in Labor, Everyone!!!

For those of you who don't know already, my little sister is in labor!!! Currently her contractions are about 8 minutes apart and then, every once in a while there will be a random 15 minute break. I am down in California right now as I type this. I jumped on a plane this afternoon. It's about 11pm, so we'll see how the night progresses. I think we still have a ways to go, but your prayers during this process would be greatly appreciated! Natalie and Shawn are doing awesome! He is massaging her back right now as she is having a lot of back pain... I am so excited to meet my little nephew, Elijah!!! I love him already...

Oh, Little Nephew.... When will you come out and meet us???

Oh, well...

Whatever was telling me we might win today was LYING! Oh well, there's always next year...

GO SEAHAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Hawks! Beat those Packers!!!! These are some pics from the game we went to with our good friends Jesse and Terra. We love this couple and are so grateful for their friendship! This game, we clinched our division when we beat the Arizona Cardinals!!! And now today we play against Greenbay in our second playoff game of the season. We are the serious underdogs, but something tells me, we just might win this one!!! GO BOYS!!!!