Introducing Abigail Hope…
By Paul Vernon on Aug 10, 2007 in Abi
That’s right,everyone – as of this morning Abigail Hope Vernon has been officially welcomed into the family. Lori did amazing and things progressed pretty quickly: we left for the hospital at 6:00 am and were holding our baby girl at 10:30. I will let her share all the details with you over the next week, but here are the vitals:
Date: August 10th, 2007 – 10:30 am
Weight: 3,550 grams :: 7lbs 13ounces
Length: 55 cm :: 21.5 inches
Everything Else: PERFECT
We are overjoyed, ecstatic, awestruck and amazed. Praise God for this beautiful baby girl!
Here are a couple of pictures to hold you all over until we are back home with a camera and computer (sorry, no thumbnails and I didn’t resize them so they are pretty big. If you want easy pictures wait for our next posts)
Woo hoo!!!! She’s beautiful, you guys. Give her a little squeeze of love from me.
Congratulations! Lori, I was totally praying for you this morning and I had no idea why. I emailed you asking if your little girl was due soon…crazy! I’m soooo happy for you guys. She’s beautiful! I’m thinking she even looks a little Auca?
Praising the Lord together with you. Couldn’t wait to see what the news was after returning last night from China. Great joy to find you had gone to the hospital. After sleeping 15 hours straight, I awoke to the great news of Abigail’s safe arrival. Rejoicing in God’s goodness. Love and hugs to all, Christy Austin
Congratulations guys!! Abigail is so cute. I hope that Lori is recovering well and you had a good birth experience. Enjoy your new little one.
oh my goodness… she’s soooo gorgeous!!! i’m so, so happy for you guys. yay! YAY!
love, adriel xo
We are soooo happy for you, words are not enough~ but perhaps these will convey.
“Beautiful one I love, beautiful one I adore, beautiful one my soul must sing. How marvelous, how wonderful is God’s amazing love! The Lord has given Abigail to thee!!!”
Singing and Rejoicing With You,
Ron & Ann Marie Elmore
Raleigh, NC
You must be so happy and so proud! Abigail is beautiful…father’s joy. Paul, the name is perfect. Lori, nice work.
Paul and Lori
Congratulations on your daughter! She is fantastic. I think she might be at least .25% Akha. Rest well and kiss that baby for me.
Kathy
Wow. Congratulations to all of you. The photos are absolutely amazing.
Jeff Rockwell
Praise God. Abigail looks beautiful. I look forward to rejoicing with you in person, hopefully in the not too distant future. Until then ….. congratulations.
Hey Lori–Congratulations to you both on such a cute beautiful healthy baby girl.
CONGRATULATIONS! Wow, so much hair! We are rejoicing with you and look forward to reading about raising baby on the mission field, sans poopy diapers! Keeping you in our prayers…Rachel & Derek
Dear Paul and Lori,
Congratulations!! She is SO incredibly beautiful!! We can’t wait to meet her someday!
We hope you are enjoying every moment of this first week of her life! Praise the Lord – He is SO GOOD!! 
We love you all SO much!!
Love, Eric and Shelea
She is just so beautiful and perfect. I’m glad that things went smoothly and everyone is home and healthy. How are things going? Love the picture’s!
Oh Paul and Lori I can’t wait till I am able to come and see you and that cute little baby. She is absolutely adorable!! What a blessing to have her in this world. Love you guys heaps~~