Eloisa Lucille Somodevilla
Gina and Chip had their baby at 4 AM today! Gina is a superstar — she started feeling funny around 9 PM, her water broke after 1 AM, they got to the hospital at 2 AM and the baby was in her arms at 4 AM! The baby has red hair and blue eyes and when we’ve visited later today we’ll attach some more pictures.
Gina looked fabulous when we saw her for brunch yesterday — no one could believe how tiny she still was. It’s hard to believe that so much has happened since we saw them less than 24 hours ago!
Here’s the email from Chip:
Dear Family and Friends,
We are pleased to introduce to you our new baby girl, Eliosa Lucille
Somodevilla. She was born at 4 AM on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006 in
Washington, DC. She weighs 6-pounds, 15-ounces and is 20.5 inches
long. Mom and baby are heathy and beautiful.
Thank you all for your good wishes and !
Love,
Chip, Gina and Eloisa
[...] An hour ago, I awoke to the bright sunshine streaming through my bedroom windows, feeling thirsty and noticing a slight headache from too many glasses of red wine at Dave’s fabulous housewarming party last night. It seemed too early to get out of bed, given we didn’t venture home from the festivities until the wee hours of the morning. As I considered whether to give in to the sunshine or hide under the covers, a text message arrived on my cell phone. I crawled over to the other side of the room to read the message from my sweet, who is visiting a friend in Berlin for the weekend. I smiled and decided to officially start my morning. I made breakfast (oatmeal, orange juice and coffee) and turned on my computer to check my e-mail. I read news of a friend of a friend’s brand new baby girl and skimmed the headlines of the New York Times. I switched on NPR and caught a bit of On the Media while I finished my coffee. I thought about putting on my painting clothes to help friends paint their new apartment today. But then I settled into my favorite jeans instead, remembering that these friends were also at last night’s party, and probably won’t consider painting anything until later this afternoon. And here I am, one hour later, hoping to curl up and continue making a dent in the long book I’m reading, before the rest of the morning slips away. [...]
Hi Kristen,
Thanks for passing on the wonderful news! The photos are beautiful — how wonderful that the papa is a professional photographer!
Mandi
Chip & Gina,
Congratulations on your bundle of joy!!!! I know you are a great photographer, Chip, (and they were beautiful pictures!) but with anyone behind the camera she’s a real beauty. Can’t wait for our first play date!!!
You’ll both make great parents!!!!!
Charlie and the gang
She\’s adorable! Congratulations, Gina! How exciting!
ET
Congratulations! Another future theatre-goer is born!