Oh my dears. Look what we have:
It is Niestle. Niecele. Niecstle. Niecestle. Niece-stle. Neestle. I guess Niestle is the best one. Perhaps I should have thought this out ahead of time, rather than making it part of the birth announcement. (Bethtastic gets credit for this nickname, which BLEW MY MIND with its wonderfulness.)
This is my niece. She is 19 inches long, and she weighs 7 pounds. She is so glorious, I am blinded. I had to use the little “home-row bumps” to find the right keys on my keyboard. Only through blurriness can I see her beautiful wahing mouth. Her tiny beautiful hands. Her lovely squinched eyes of indignation.
She was born on March 1st at 11:11 p.m., which is very tidy. I like her already.
If I’ve counted correctly, and it IS hard to count with blinded eyes of love, 14 of you guessed March 1st:
- Amy of WriteBrained
- Mimi of Mimi All Me
- Siera of Take me as I am
- Salgavin
- Fiona Picklebottom of Move Along – There’s Nothing to See Here
- Julie of Life is Good
- Saly of Incubation Nation
- Emily R of Righters’ Writings
- Tess
- Janet of From the Planet of Janet
- Sally of Kingston Duo
- Alison of Laugh Until Your Cheeks Hurt
- Stacy
- Jennifer of Guinea Pig Paperie
I used a Random Number Generator to choose a winner, and it chose #6: Julie of Life is Good. Email me (swistle at gmail dot com) with your mailing info, Julie, and I’m going to start putting things into a box!
Congratulations, Erik and Anna! Really nice work there!
Oh, so sweet. Baby fever is raging right now…
Give her lots of hugs and kisses from us!
She’s lovely. Congrats to all.
Oh! How lovely! Enjoy her.
So Pretty!
Aahhhh! Congrats! Squeeeee!
I love the nickname too…
she’s beautiful!
and this is the second baby in 2 days i guessed the right date for.
i’m beginning to scare myself!
She’s beautiful! Congratulations, Aunt Swistle! Oh, and congrats to her parents, too! :)
That is one of my favorite “birth announcement” photos ever- it so perfectly captures how newborns must feel- I love her howling little mouth! She looks like she feels so… EVICTED from her formerly warm and quiet and dark and cozy home.
Are you close enough that you will get to see her in person?? I sure hope so!
AH! Gorgeous!! And I also like the tidiness of her birth date/time. Way to go, little one!!
Name?
She’s beautiful! Congrats!
She’s so adorable!
Dang, I was off by one stinkin’ day!
Congratulations on the new niece.
Oh those precious little fists! Congratulations!
WELCOME, NIESTLE!! congratulations to everyone!
i SWEAR TO GOSH that my word verification right now is “blest” :-)
Wow. She’s so beautiful. So new. So unspoiled and perfect. I want one.
She’s gorgeous. When do you get to go meet her?
Congratulations! What a wonderful first photo!
Being an Aunt is the most amazing thing ever–one step away from being a grandparent, I think. Because you get to relive the wonderful things about babies and toddlers and children without ANY of the hassle! I wish I would have thought of this earlier, then I wouldn’t have had my own kids, I would have just enjoyed my nieces and nephews while still maintaining my body, life, reading addiction, etc. But, you know, wouldn’t trade mine or…ummm..anything. Enjoy being and Auntie, it is GREAT!
Plus, she’s ADORABLE! And ANGRY! And not going to be waking YOU up!
g~
New baby squeeeeal!!
Hooray!!
Congratulations to all! She’s perfect :-) And that picture is awesome–she’s all “Calgon, take me away!”
Oh, she looks JUST PERFECT. I love her perfectly shaped little head and the rip-roarin’ yell she’s letting the world have.
Aww. So, so awesome.
Welcome to the world, Niestle.
Congrats Swistle to you and your family! A new little someone to love….
How beautiful!!!!
Congratulations!!!
I will be having one of those in August.
Get to find out what we are having next week!!!!
Could I use any more exclamation marks!!!
Welcome to the world, Niestle!
She is beautiful! That photo is too precious for words. Congrats to Erik, Anna, and Swistle. :)
AIEEE! Welcome, Niestle!
Yay! Congratulations! I LOVE HER.
Oh, she is a beauty! Oh, and so tiny! OH, I WANT ANOTHER ONE!
Congratulations to the whole Swistle Family!
Congrats, she’s perfect!
Enjoy being an aunt.
She is beautiful! So mad! I love it!
This made my follicles jump for joy.
I didn’t tell you, but I’ve named the follicles:
Lolly and Ollie Follie.
I need help.
What is her “other” name (not Niestle, but the one on the birth certificate? or is Niestle on the bc?)!!!! CONGRATULATIONS, AUNT SWISTLE!!!!
Congratulations! Beautiful! When do you get to meet her in person?
Congrats! I love becoming an aunt. I have 3 nieces and 2 nephews. She is adorable! And she picked a great day to make her entrance into this world! My son was born on the 1st as well. April 1st.
Her name is unusual and so I want to double-check with Erik and Anna before saying what it is.
she is lovely
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! a baby!!!
so lovely!!
congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
oohhh!! CONGRATS! She is so perfect.
She is perfection!
Oh, too cute! Congrats to you and the new parents!!!
Awww, I love the just out of the oven pics, she looks adorable. Congrats to all!
Congrats on the newest member of your family. I am telling you that being an Aunt is really, really great!
Congratulations!!! She’s perfect.
Congratualtions!
Congrats! Oh, Swistle, she is just beautiful!!!
She is adorable! Congratulations to you and the new parents.
Ohhhh how sweet and cute. What a gorgeous girl! :)
Well. Look at that beautiful little screaming bundle. What an awesome picture!
Congratulations Swistle (and Erik and Anna, of course, plus the grandparents and cousins and uncle and everyone else who’s all wrapped up in that little girl!)!!!
Simply awesome. Niestle.
(Thanks for the credit – I feel famous :)!)
Congratulations to your family! She’s so cute! She’s going to be so spoiled by her Aunt, I’m sure!
I love Niestle… LOL. Great nn!
Oh she’s gorgeous. Simply gorgeous. I shall go pout to my husband that I have the fever now.
-DanielleCorrelle
She is GORGEOUS!! Congrats to Erik and Anna. And niestle is the perfect nickname.
She is just beautiful! My ovaries are screaming “Come on! Just one more!!”
Yay! Congratulations Auntie Swistle! :)
Congratulations! She is quite a beauty. : )
Congratulations! She’s perfect! But what I want to know is…did any of the labor induction suggestions work?
She is SO DEAR. So sweet. She looks a little pissed, if you don’t mind my saying so, but I guess that’s natural.
Everyone is having babies, or talking about babies. I’m 27 now and all I really know is, I WANT ONE. Of my own. But being single and without even the slightest potential boyfriend, it seems unlikely. But I want a baby. A cute, squalling, needy bundle of perfection.
Your niece is perfect.
HOMG! Neck folds!
Will we get to see more pictures of Neistle soon?
The outrage! She is going to change the world, you know, once she masters eating, sleeping, and diaper-filling.
It’s a BABY. Awesome. How I love babies.
You know what is great about being a children’s photographer? Total strangers PAY me to come to their house and play with their baby for an hour or two. It’s great. I just LOVE babies.
And, as someone who sees a lot, I can tell you that that one – Neestle? is particularly cute. :)
O happy day! I thought it would never arrive. I also never thought it would be this much fun, or that I’d love her so much so fast.