Cook Family STL

Lily had a photo session with my friend Nikki on Monday. Here is a sneak peak. You can check out Nikki’s other work at nicolewelchphotography.com.

Here are some additional images from the past couple of days. We’ll be uploading more pictures onto our flickr site, so be sure to check back there!

Our precious baby girl was born July 1 at 12:36 p.m. She weighs 8 lbs. 11 oz. and is 21 inches long. 10 tiny fingers and 10 tiny toes.

We named her Lily Bowman Cook. The name Lily pays tribute to both of Emily's parents. Emily's mom's name is Susan, which means Lily and the L name honors her father Larry. And the middle name is Emily's maiden name, a tradition for the middle name going on 3 generations in her family.

Lily was delivered at the new St. Clare Health Center. We can't say enough about the great nurses, staff and huge private patient rooms in the Family Birthplace. And Emily's doctor, Dr. Lawrence Boveri was very attentive and comforting during some challenging moments with Lily's varying heart rate.

Owen is looking forward to meeting his sister (we think) and we're thrilled with the new addition to our little family!