Born at 12:02 a.m. Dec. 8. She is 8 pounds, 14 ounces. Both baby and Mama are doing great.
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Congratulations! God bless you over the next couple days and weeks and months as you all adjust to the newest member being home!
How wonderful to be born on the feast of the Immaculate Conception!! Congratualtions, Fisher family!
Congratulations Simcha! Blessings to you and your family.
Congratulations! She’s beautiful! And what a lovely name!!!
Hooray for new babies! : D
May God grant her many blessed years in health and happiness
she is so sweet- and the name…is amazing!
Congrats!!!!
Yay! Congratulations on a gorgeous girl!
That’s wonderful! Congratulations! Perfect timing too.
What a wonderful day to be born! Congrats! She’s beautiful!!
Congratulations!! Beautiful name!
Simcha and family, congratulations! She is lovely.
She’s beautiful! Congratulations!
Congratulations! I love that she was born on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Enjoy every moment!
Congrats! How’s the Jerk? Why do we husbands always get left out when our world gets turned upside down?
Congratulations! What a gorgeous girl. And what a lovely blessing for your family!
oooooo love the name.
Yay! Congratulations. A beautiful baby with a pretty name!
She is just so precious! Love her already
Congratualtions on a lovely girl! Enjoy the heated blankets!
Wunnerful, jus’ wunnerful.
–Lawrence Welk
Congratulations and many, many blessings to you and your family!!!
Yay! I was wondering when you were going to give birth! What a beautiful birthday for her. Congratulations and I really enjoy reading your blog.
Ooh, welcome to the air, baby Benedicta!
Hooray! I hope the nurses and hospital food are fulfilling all your desires.
She’s so beautiful.
Congratulations and God Bless!!! What a wonderful birthday!!
Yea!!! Love the name. Congratulations, she’s beautiful! Such newborn goodness… Yummy.
Woo-hoo! Big congratulations! She’s beautiful. Good work, Simcha!
Congratulations to you and your family! I would be tempted to try to work the feast day into a nickname or some such – but I’m Mexican, so there’s that.
Welcome to the world, Benedicta Maribel! Lovely name for a lovely baby.
Rest up, Mama!
Love the name – always wanted a Benedicta myself. She’s lovely, and happy that all is well.
So, she was just *determined* to make that her birthday, eh? It’s so funny that she just barely squeaked in. And… Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations!!!
All babies are beautiful, Mrs. Fischer, but this one is especially lovely. Enjoy your day wrapped in heated blankets and eating food you didn’t cook. I love her name and she was born on the perfect day! Heartfelt congratulations.
Congratulations!
Congratulations! She’s beautiful. God bless your growing family.
congratulations!
Congratulations! What a beautiful baby and she has an awesome name.
Congratulations! I love her name!
Congratulations. She is lovely.
Hope you got those heated blankets! If I lived nearby I would definitely bring you some food you didn’t have to cook. Congratulations and many, many blessings!
Congratulations! God bless you, your family, and Benedicta!
She looks like heaven…Ohhhhh what a blessing. I suspect she is named after an epic, Carmelite saint????
8 lbs 14 oz ouch. You’re a hero!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations! Hope you’ve got warm blankets and you’re eating some food you didn’t make!
Congratulations!
Congrats on little Benedicta. She’s a sweetheart.
Oh, what a beauty! And a beautiful name to suit her. God bless you with peace and serenity for at least a few days!
Congratulations!
She is beautiful! I wish I could bring a meal to your family, but it’s the thought that counts, right?
Welcome to your beautiful new daughter.
Yay! Congratulations!
Congratulations Fisher family on your new baby girl! She’s precious
What a gorgeous baby! Congratulations!
She’s so cute and chubby. Perfection.
Joyous congratulations, Simcha! We had our “blessing” last February and gave him the name Benedikt. May you and your family continue to be abundantly blessed!
Congrats! Great festivity to be born
How adorable! Congratulations!
WHAT???? you mean, this is the only post your hungry fans will get today? and all on account of a pretty average sized baby . . . don’t know what mothers are coming to these days
Congratulations!! I just had my third on Sunday. I think we had the same due date. Glad to hear you are doing well, we will you keep you in our prayers and please keep us in yours.
Amen.
yeah for heated blankets! And beautiful little babies! Congrats!! : )
Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! What a picker that baby is! What a birthday!
Rest, eat food you didn’t have to cook, and recuperate.
Congratulations Simcha — can’t believe you actually found time to post
And what a beautiful name too… maybe she could be called Beni for short?
Congratulations! She’s beautiful!
Congrats, Simcha and Damien! What a beautiful name and a beautiful day on which to be born!
God bless you on your newest little blessing! Great name. Enjoy these first precious days…
What a beautiful girl. Warm Congratulations!
Beautiful baby, beautiful name, wonderful birthday! Congratulations, Damien, Simcha, and little Fishers! There can never be too many Hebrew Catholics.
So sweet! Mazel tov!
Beautiful girl, beautiful name – and that baby’s pretty cute, too. Congratulations sweet family!
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Congrats! She’s lovely and so is her name!
Beautiful Baby! Wonderful news!
Congratulations! Hope all was well in your delivery – bless you and all the little fischers!
congratulations!
Congratulations to you and your beautiful family. Thanks for posting a picture so soon. You will continue to be in my prayers.
Congratulations on a beautiful girl!
She really is very beautiful. Best wishes!
Congratulations!
Yaaaaay! Congratulations!
The first baby born on Immaculate Conception! You win a lifetime supply of Miraculous Medals, don’t you? Congrats!
Congratulations! Beautiful baby, beautiful name. I have a friend named Maribel and I find myself finding excuses to mention her in conversation just so I can say her name.
She’s gorgeous—Congratulations!
Congratulations! Great name.:)
Congratulations!!! She is so beautiful! What a wonderful day to be born on!!!
Congrats to the whole Fisher Family! She is adorable and what a wonderful birthday she has. Enjoy your new addition to your family. God Bless!
Congratulations!! She is beautiful and you’ve chosen a beautiful name for her! Prayers for your recovery.
“You know, Mrs. Fisher, all babies are beautiful, but this one is really something special. [I wish I could send you some food] that you didn’t cook, and when you’re done, you really must take a nap.”
Welcome, Benedicta Maribel! Nice job, Simcha! May Our Lady wrap you all in her warm, warm, mantle!
Congratulations!!
Oh, how wonderful! She is just beautiful! Congrats to you and your beautiful family!
Good news! All blessings to you and your whole excited family!
What a lovely baby, congratulations!!! Is it just me, or does it look a lot like her mama?
Praise God! What a beautiful baby! I’ve been praying for a quick and (relatively) easy delivery for you every time that I’ve thought of you, which included yesterday. Now I’ll start praying for a smooth and peaceful transition, and for children who respond the first time you call their names…:)
Will you pray that MY children will respond the first time they’re called?? Heehee
woop woop! so happy for you, she’s lovely.
Good Job! Congratulations!
Congratulations! Prayers to you as you settle in at home.
congratulations!!!
I had a feeling this was happening yesterday….
I hope you are feeling well. Are those forceps marks on this lovely little soundly sleeping bambina? I hope things were not too difficult for you, but thank God you have made it through to the end and little Benedicta is here. Cute name but I keep thinking of that photo of Edith Stein at her profession and how beautiful she was..what a truly great intercessor she will be for this little one!
Sleep well, Simcha, you have earned it and then some.
Privileged to have been born on the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Congratulations! What a beautiful and blessed family.
Adorable!!! Congratulations, new babies are so fun!
Beautiful, beautiful. Congratulations!
Many congratulations! Love the name (coming from the mother of a Benedict)!
Congratulations Simcha et al! Not that I’m religious or against birth-control or anything, but babies are good folk, y’know? And any baby being raised to know right from Kinkade is bound to turn out alright. Hope you find some sleep in the next ten years or so.
Beautiful baby; beautiful name; beautiful blessing! Congratulations to the whole family and double blessings on you Mom.
May Benedicta start sleeping right through the night soon!
What a wonderful birthday to have!!! Congrats to the Fisher family on their new baby!!! And Congrats to you Simcha, you don’t have to make dinner for the next few days (if you’re really lucky, the next few weeks!) That’s my favorite part about having another baby!!! J/K (sorta)
CONGRATS! And hey, that’s MY birthday, too! Not that you know me from a hole in the head, but still.
I’m feeling smug: your Benedicta a December child, like me.
Seriously, many blessings on the birth of this beautiful child. I know her brilliant protectress, Benedicta, will ask Our Lord to bless your little one with wisdom and grace.
Congratulations, blessings, naps and heavenly peace to you and little Benedicta!
Congratulations
More Simcha-ness in the world, hooray 
Absolutely gorgeous name… and oh my gosh, we get a mini-Simcha! Can’t wait to see what this one’s blog is like
Beautiful Baby! Beautiful Name! Congratulations!
Congratulations! I needed a beautiful baby shoot today to brighten my dour mood! Thanks!
Congratulations on your beautful baby girl, with the beautiful name!!