It IS a girl!
Molly Elizabeth Cheung was born at 10:15 last night. 7 pounds 12 ounces (we think, we sort of forgot, oops) and 20 inches. Totally adorable of course.
Thanks for all the good thoughts and prayers. I'll give you all the gory details later (because that is what blogs are for!) but for now I'll just say that everything went really well, I'm doing awesome, the baby was born somehow knowing how to latch (I KNOW!) and Phillip is recovering well from the finger-shaped bruises all over his hands which may or may not be from me.
I am off to eat my giant hospital breakfast and await our throngs of visitors.
love love love m and p and molly (and jack! he loves you too.)
(I have no idea if these pictures are showing up, by the way. Crossing my fingers...)
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Congratulations!
Posted by: Meg | September 02, 2008 at 07:50 AM
Congratulations! Just checked this morning to see if anything happened over the weekend- what wonderful news! Congratulations!
Posted by: Kathleen | September 02, 2008 at 07:51 AM
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! So so happy for you!! And glad you didn't have to labor through the night! :-)
She is adorable and perfect, just like her big brother.
PS... love the new glasses! :-)
Posted by: Christina | September 02, 2008 at 07:53 AM
Congratulations! Molly is beautiful!
Posted by: Margaret | September 02, 2008 at 07:59 AM
Congratulations!!! I missed last night's update but how exciting to have a Labor Day Baby :-).
Welcome to the world, Molly Elizabeth. May you grow in happiness, faith, and love more and more every day of your life.
Posted by: Tracy | September 02, 2008 at 08:03 AM
What an adorable name to go with an adorable little girl. Congratulations to the whole family!
Posted by: Stephanie | September 02, 2008 at 08:04 AM
Congratulations! What a beautiful name for a beautiful little girl! So glad you're all doing well =)
Posted by: Shelby | September 02, 2008 at 08:04 AM
Congratulations!! She is gorgeous! (and you look amazing after giving birth!) Glad to hear all went well-- can't wait for all the gory details.
Posted by: Tara | September 02, 2008 at 08:08 AM
Congratulations! She is beautiful! When you were debating between two names, I was guessing they were Molly and Josephine.
Posted by: Laura | September 02, 2008 at 08:10 AM
Congrats Maggie, Phillip & Jack!! She's beautiful! I kept thinking about you all weekend and wondering if we were going to get a good Tuesday morning surprise!
Posted by: Nessa | September 02, 2008 at 08:11 AM
HOORAY! Congrats to the family, and welcome, Molly!!! Everybody looks great.
Posted by: Kate P | September 02, 2008 at 08:13 AM
SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!! She is beautiful and glad you are doing well!
Posted by: Laura | September 02, 2008 at 08:17 AM
Hooray!!! Wonderful news and I love her name. :)
Posted by: Morgan S. | September 02, 2008 at 08:18 AM
Hooray! Congratulations! Molly is a great name :) It's great to hear the latching is going well -- I know how much it hurts if it doesn't.
Posted by: Pippi | September 02, 2008 at 08:23 AM
Congratulations! She is absolutely perfect! Beautiful name. :)
Posted by: Jen | September 02, 2008 at 08:24 AM
Yay, Molly!! Yay, Maggie!! Can't wait to meet the baby. Lucy's SO excited to have a new friend!
Posted by: Liz | September 02, 2008 at 08:28 AM
Congratulations!! That's a great picture of you, BTW. I always look like a troll in the first shots of me w/ the baby.
Posted by: Jennifer (Et Tu?) | September 02, 2008 at 08:37 AM
Oh, yay, she is beautiful and I LOVE THAT NAME! Congratulations!
Posted by: Jess | September 02, 2008 at 08:46 AM
Congratulations! Molly is beautiful, and I love the name! Hope the recovery process goes smoothly for you.
Posted by: Carolyn | September 02, 2008 at 09:04 AM
Oh, congratulations, Cheung family!! Maggie, she's beautiful, and her name is so perfect. And you look amazing! Well done!! Thanks for letting us know - I was also checking through the weekend waiting for news. (c: Enjoy these precious first days with your new daughter!
Posted by: kelli | September 02, 2008 at 09:04 AM
Yahooooooooooo!
You guys totally have skilllllz when it comes to the names. Molly and Jack. What a duo!
Posted by: lindsay | September 02, 2008 at 09:07 AM
Geez, this is what I get for not checking blogs over the holiday weekend! What a perfect name for a perfect little baby. So sweet and simple! My niece is named Molly, and my middle name is Elizabeth, so I think it is completely perfect.
Hope you are all doing very well!
Posted by: Lisa | September 02, 2008 at 09:13 AM
Oh, Congratulations! SO INCREDIBLY ADORABLE. You did good, mom! And what a perfect name. She is SUCH a Molly Elizabeth.
Hugs to all of you, and congratulations again.
Posted by: Elizabeth | September 02, 2008 at 09:26 AM
I find it both amusing & appropriate that Molly was born on Labor Day.
Happy birthday, dearest Molly! :o)
Posted by: Lindsay | September 02, 2008 at 09:37 AM
Awwww---what a pretty, pretty baby. Molly Elizabeth! Congratulations.
You look fantastic.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 02, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Whoa whoa whoa! I don't check my blogs for ONE DAY and THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS? Yay! Congratulations! She is SO CUTE and I love her name!
Posted by: Dr. Maureen | September 02, 2008 at 09:59 AM
Congratulations to all of you, she's just beautiful!
Posted by: Ellie | September 02, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Amanda | September 02, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Hoorray! Welcome to the world Molly!
Posted by: AmericanFamily | September 02, 2008 at 10:41 AM
FINALLY, the OTHER reason why I won't consider the name Molly! Because I THOUGHT you were using it, and it felt WEIRD to say, "My internet friend is using that name," but I couldn't SAY that out loud on the Internet without pointing a finger at YOU.
She's adorable!! Congratulations, both Molly AND her name are adorable. Can't WAIT to see the first sibling pictures!
Posted by: Emily | September 02, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Woo hoo! She's beautiful, Maggie! Congratulations!
And also, I love her name. Molly is such a sweet, lovely name, and we can't ever use it because my parents-in-law have this incredibly annoying Yorkshire terrier named Molly, so it makes me happy to see someone I know using it.
Plus, Jack and Molly are traditionally nicknames for John and Mary, so you've got the old-school thing going on with a new-gen twist. I love it!
Might I also say that you look pretty fabulous for having just pushed a baby out of you. And if those are the new glasses, they are super cute.
Posted by: Arwen | September 02, 2008 at 10:56 AM
awwwww so exciting!!!!! i'm so happy to hear the news! you look fabulous and molly elizabeth is a BEAUTIFUL name!!!!
barbara
ps...you will love having them so close together...my first two are 13 months apart and i still love how that worked out!
Posted by: Barbara | September 02, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I was guessing Malia was an option at one point because I was reading your archives and I thought you had said you had a friend named that. AND Obama's kid's name is that and I kept reading it in print and wondering the pronunciation and so I looked it up and saw it was Hawaiian and you had said one of Phillip's arguments against whatever name you had chosen was that it was a "such and such a place" name. SO. We must hear more naming details and debates now. What was the name? Do share.
Posted by: lindsay | September 02, 2008 at 11:52 AM
So cute! Congratulations! And, Molly is a great name (and, sounds wonderful with Jack).
Hee!
Posted by: Leticia | September 02, 2008 at 12:34 PM
The picture did show up! And congratulations. Adorable. And way to go on the latching. :)
Posted by: Veroncia | September 02, 2008 at 12:40 PM
I'm so happy for you guys! (And I'm thrilled that she actually is a girl! What a twist that would have been, huh?) :)
You look great, and she is just a cutie. Molly is a great name - good choice. Can't wait to see more pics!
Posted by: Julie | September 02, 2008 at 12:41 PM
She is absolutely beautiful!! Congratulations!
Posted by: MichelleRenee | September 02, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Congratulations!!!!
Posted by: Elaine | September 02, 2008 at 01:21 PM
Congratulations! I love the name Molly! Way to get the labor over with, eh?
Sorry you had to labor on labor day.... funny!
Posted by: Jessica | September 02, 2008 at 01:35 PM
Congrats! She's beautiful and so is her name. Can't wait to see more pictures!
Posted by: Carrie | September 02, 2008 at 01:50 PM
Congratulations!! I'm so glad you're doing well. Molly is so beautiful! (Great name, too--I had a feeling that Molly was the "Annie" name!)
Posted by: Charlotte | September 02, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Welcome to the world beautiful Molly! Congratulations Maggie, Phil and Jack! Sending blessings and love.
Posted by: yoonie | September 02, 2008 at 03:20 PM
Congratulations!! Welcome Baby Molly!
Posted by: Shiloh | September 02, 2008 at 05:21 PM
I was so enraptured with the pictures I didn't even notice her name... I LOVE that name! :-)
Posted by: Christina | September 02, 2008 at 05:37 PM
CONGRATS!! I've been following for a while...my baby boy is 5 wks now...SO glad to hear all is well & you've got the beautiful baby girl!
Posted by: Teresa | September 02, 2008 at 08:19 PM
Yayyyy! You DID it!!! Molly Elizabeth - a perfectly sweet name for a perfectly sweet baby girl. Congratulations, Maggie.
And hooray for the latching on!
Posted by: annie | September 02, 2008 at 08:29 PM
Congrats!! Love the name and best wishes to you, Phillip and Jack as you get to know Molly. :)
Posted by: Michelle | September 02, 2008 at 09:02 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Charlotte | September 02, 2008 at 11:29 PM
aww! Congratulations!! she's cute!
xxxx
Posted by: Antonia | September 03, 2008 at 04:34 AM
Yippee!! Congratulations on your new baby girl!
Posted by: Dooneybug | September 03, 2008 at 05:59 AM
I just had a FEELING you were going to name her Molly. LOVE IT. She is precious, as are you with your glasses, and congratulations to the lot of you! Can't wait to hear what Jack thinks! Sending blessings and good sleep vibes!!
Posted by: el-e-e | September 03, 2008 at 07:40 AM
Welcome to the world, sweet Molly.
Congratulations to the Cheung family, four and going strong!
Posted by: ie | September 03, 2008 at 09:22 AM
YAY!
Posted by: The Sojourner | September 03, 2008 at 09:39 AM
Congratulations!! She's beautiful and you look wonderful. Also, I ADORE her name. Absolutely love it.
Posted by: Ellen | September 03, 2008 at 01:38 PM
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: ashley.marie | September 03, 2008 at 02:49 PM
HOORAY AND CONGRATS!! Molly Elizabeth is such a lovely name, and you both look beautiful!
I love that she was born on Labour Day...
Posted by: Sarah in Ottawa | September 03, 2008 at 05:11 PM
YOU LOOK GORGEOUS!! In most of my pics post-partum I look like I'm about to faint/throw up or I'm not wearing a shirt or I'M ASLEEP. Our babies are going to go through life in the same grade!! Yay! That is until yours skips a few of course. Sigh.
Way to go girl. Can't wait to hear about your experience and how YOUR drugs went!!
I love the name Molly by the way! So adorable!!
Posted by: Manda | September 04, 2008 at 09:15 AM