Monday, August 25, 2008

Amelia Kay Machlitt

Amelia Kay Machlitt was born this morning weighing in at a surprising 5 lbs. 12 oz. She's 18 inches long and has dark hair. Mommy and Amelia are both doing great and Daddy is extremely proud! Amelia is breathing well and was sucking on a pacifier tonight with her eyes open while lying in Ben's arms! We'll know more tomorrow after they've tried to feed her, but so far this baby has surpassed all of our expectations! If you didn't know she was a preemie you wouldn't be able to tell by the pictures! She is really filled out... just in a compact little body! What a blessing!

We'll try to post an update tomorrow! Thank you to everybody for keeping Ben, Kori, and Amelia in your thoughts and prayers! God bless!

She was starting to whimper when I took this picture.



11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh!!! She is absolutley beautiful!! I can't wait to hold her!! Congrats Kori and Ben!!!!

Sneff :)

marcia said...

Way to go aunts.....you did it....You, too Kori and Ben...she's a keeper!
Karen..enjoy being away from school!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

She is beautiful.
Welcome to the world Amelia!! you sure have nice round legs for such a tiny little thing!! Hugs and smooches hope we get to see you soon.
Alissa

Anonymous said...

yeah!!!!!! I am so excited! Good Job Kori and Ben too! now I just want to cuddle with her! yeah Blessing to you!

Anonymous said...

awww..she is so stinkin' cute!! I can not WAIT to get there!! YAY!!!

Thanks for the pictures!!

Love you all and can't wait to see you in a few days!
Kendall :)

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Kori and Ben!!!! You sure made a beautiful baby! :)

Maybe some day, when you move back to MN (Haha--wink wink) I'll get to see her!!!!

Love to the Spankin' Rankin Family from one of your honorary MN sisters!!!

Anonymous said...

Yay!! Congratulations Mom and Dad!! (and Aunties too!) What a beautiful little girl!!! I am so happy for the two of you. Can't wait until she gets to make the trip up to Minnesota to meet her.... or maybe we Robinson sisters need to come down there for a visit sometime.
Miss you all~ Jessie Heitkamp

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful, gorgeous little
girl!!!!I'm terribly late getting a comment posted to both you and
Ben....My computer has been down,
like forever, since May and while I
always said I was going to call the guy I've had before--Now his
ad is not listed. Mike looked at it and told me I needed a wired
mouse. Did that and now it appears
to be working fine!I'm so happy for the three of you and that every
thing is going well!Congratulations
on Amelia's birth and I hope you
continue to heal quickly,Kori.
Love, Grandma Budke

Alissa said...

HEY aunties more pictures!!! whats the status? is she eating like a champ? hows mommy? when does she get to go home?
details girls details!!!

Anonymous said...

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I created her blog today she is the newest C.U.R.L. member let us all welcome her to the club.
This website is sponsered by H.U.R.L.

Ryan, Brea, Carter, and Addison said...

Congratulations, Kori and Ben! It's been a little bit since we'd visited the Rankin Girls' page, but after seeing the news of Amelia's arrival, we checked out her page, too!!!

She's beautiful, and we're so thrilled for you!