Saturday, August 28, 2010

So much love

Dear wonderful community of family and friends,

My parents are taking a nap right now, so I'm taking this chance to send you an email.  I have been so blessed by the wonderful showering of love that I've received.  It really makes a girl feel good coming into the world with such support and caring.  I really don't have the words to thank you enough.

I wonder if I could be so bold as to make one more small request of you.  My daddy has been telling me all about his adventures, especially his recent trip to Senegal in west Africa.  He told me about all the little kids there that he hopes I'll get to meet one day.  To get me ready, my daddy got me a very pretty dress from Senegal which you can see attached to this email.

The people in Senegal that my daddy met are really wonderful and live in a community filled with love, like ours.  Unfortunately, they don't have all of the resources that we are blessed to have.  Fortunately, there are organizations like AJWS supporting this community and others like it to be self-reliant, self-determining, and self-susatinable.

Would you help this community and others like them around the world?  (You'd also be helping my daddy who promised to raise funds for them, too.)  Even a small donation, like $5, would be really helpful! All you have to do is go here:

If you want to see pictures from my daddy's trip, you can go here:

To see pictures and videos of me, you can go here:

Thank you so much and Shana Tova!
Love,
Zimra Pearl Medwin

PS - Thanks again for going to http://action.ajws.org/goto/dan.medwin and helping make the world a better place for me and others!
PPS - Gotta go now and pretend to be asleep!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010

New Zimra Videos: Episodes 3 & 4

Suddenly, Zimra's eyes are open more than they are closed. She started looking at people and tracking their movement. Her arms and legs are still moving on their own, but her eyes are looking right at you. Things change quickly when your age doubles in one week.



Remember to keep watching after the credits.



Photography: Steve Medwin

Music: Kevin MacLeod



Although not quite the formal portraits that a studio might take, this series of photos certainly captures the challenge of photographing a two week old with her new parents. As usual there is a bonus photo after the credits.

Photography: Steve Medwin
Music: Kevin MacLeod

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Zimra gets a Bath

You can watch it here:
http://vimeo.com/channels/babygirlmedwin...

Episode 2: In Which Zimra Gets a Bath

Episode 2: In Which Zimra Gets a Bath
http://vimeo.com/channels/babygirlme...

About this video:
"How many adults does it take to give a one week old baby a bath? Apparently, at least three plus one photographer to capture all the action.

Photography: Steve Medwin
Music: Kevin MacLeod"

Monday, August 16, 2010

Naming Ceremony - Unedited Video Posted

http://vimeo.com/14175823

Baby Naming Ceremony

Baby Naming Ceremony
http://vimeo.com/14175823


About this video:
"Due to incredible demand, here is the unedited, 30 minute version of Baby Girl Medwin's naming ceremony. Please be patient when viewing. An edited 'highlights' version in HD will be posted soon."

Zimra and her Grandmothers

Monday, August 9, 2010

It's a girl!!!!

Okay, so we knew it was going to be a girl, but she's more incredible than we could have imagined!

We are so excited to announce the birth of Baby Girl Medwin!  

She weighs in at 7 lbs. and 8 oz. and is 20.5 inches long, and she's adorable! 

Mommy, baby, & Daddy are doing well and spending quality time getting to know each other at UCLA Medical Center and we hope to return home soon.

The naming ceremony will take place at Stephen S. Wise Temple in LA at10:30am on this Sunday.

Love,
Lydia, Dan, & Baby Girl Medwin

PS - you can find periodic updates and pics of BGM on her blog (set up by her Mommy):

Happy Mommy

Sleeping beauty

Sleeping baby

Some shots of our baby girl!

Early footage

A few early shots of BGM