It has always amused me that despite being a species with only two options, we get so excited to learn that the next member of it will be one or another. But there I was blubbering like I had never heard news so unusual and wonderful when they told me it was a girl, because like my favorite childhood movie that we dusted off a couple rainy weekends ago, we’ve never had a little girl. We hope she’s going to like it here.
And what a volunteer! Anna Helen, born July 10th at 11:46 a.m. (7 pounds, 8 ounces, 19 3/4 inches, if you’re into those kinds of things) has ears as tiny as my thumbprint, hands so small and fragile I’m not even sure they even qualify as hands outside the doll kingdom, disproportionately large cheeks I recognized immediately from the sonogram screen, a steady kick I recognize from 2 to 6 a.m., all the nights of the last 40 weeks, a little tuft of peach fuzz on her shoulders and cheeks, and a cinnamon swirl on the back of her head. Because, of course.
We are all completely besotted with her. I have so much more to tell you when I come up for air, hopefully quite soon.
Are those little curls???? Anna Helen is a perfect baby. Congratulations to mom, dad, and big brother!
Congrats! She is beautiful!
Just beautiful!
Mazel tov, Deb and family! She’s gorgeous and hope you and she are healthy. Loved the photo of Jacob rolling her around in the hospital.
She is gorgeous, congratulations.
Huge congratulations! What a gorgeous little girl…and an excellent name choice ;)
Congratulations! She is adorable! May you enjoy a lifetime of happiness together :)
She’s beautiful! Congratulations!
Congratulations! Marvelously baked. Xx
oh my, she is beautiful! Sending wishes for a long healthy and happy life. Love her name, it seems perfect, like her.
Congrats…been a long time reader..Have a nine month old….its quite a journey.
She’s beautiful, Deb!!! I’m baking my own little guy right now and this made me all misty-eyed. Congratulations!!
Many congrats to you and your family!
Congratulations! She is beautiful.
Mazel Tov to you and the whole family. What a lucky girl she is to have you for a mom!
Congratulations! She’s beautiful – enjoy her!!!! Hope the big brother is happy to see her ;)
YAY!! Congratulations! So sweet and wonderful.
MAZEL TOV!!!!! Not that I am biased or anything but that is an AWESOME name !! ;)
Beautiful!
Yeah! Welcome to the world, Baby Anna!
Congratulations! Joyous news!
Mazal tov!!! She is perfect and beautiful. May she always bring you joy, and may she cook as well as her mother does!
Congratulations! She is so sweet!
welcome, sweet girl! congratulations mom, dad, and big brother! xo
YAY! Congratulations! She’s adorable! Loved your photo on IG yesterday as well.
Enjoy this special time together!
She is beautiful beyond words! Welcome to the world of little girls. I have three and wouldn’t change it for the world. xoxo
Congrats and best wishes to all of you
YES!!! She’s absolutely beautiful! Congratulations!
What a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations to the whole family. I hope you get some rest.
Congratulations!!!
oh Deb. She is so beautiful! Congratulations!! And I LOVE her name!
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations! Love those little feet and the name ;)
Congratulations – lovely name. beautiful baby. she has a lifetime of wonderful food ahead of her
Congrats, Deb!! She’s precious and such a little sweetie!!
Completely lovely! Take care of you and your little family and we’ll be ok waiting while you do that!
Congratulations!!! Wishing you all the best with baby Anna!
Congratulations!! How adorable!
mazel tov! My baby girl turned one this July 10! Happy birthday, Anna!
Yay!!! Congratulations! I hope she and her big brother are great friends as the years go by. Enjoy your growing family! :-)
Congratulations! She is beautiful! Looks like the bake time in the oven was just right!
oh, so precious! Mazal tov!!
Congratulations on a superb baking project. I have been lurking around here for days hoping to hear your news. She is a gorgeous, and there is nothing like a little girl! I had two boys followed by two girls, and a little of each is the best. Enjoy every moment!
Absolutely amazing. Congratulations to the whole family. Jacob’s going to be one fabulous big brother – what a lucky girl!!
Mazel Tov!
Deb-I am so thrilled for you and your family! Congratulations on your sweet little angel!!!
So sweet! Welcome little wise soul!
She is so sweet! Congrats!
She shares her birthday with my daughter!! Congratulations!
Congratulations! She’s beautiful, and looks so sweet and peaceful. And so much hair! Both my kids were basically bald until well past a year–I’m jealous of your cinnamon swirl-haired babies.
Adorable!!!! I’m so happy for you. Mazel tov!
She is perfect. Congrats!!
She is absolutely delicious, congratulations!
Mazel Tov!
Congratulations! She is beautiful.
Congratulations – she’s beautiful! :)
Congratulations!!! She’s stunning :)
Congratulations to all 4 of you! You picked the perfect name, and she chose the perfect family :) And she’s gorgeous! I can’t wait to read about Jacob’s reaction <3
You bake so well! She’s delicious! Mazel Tov! I look forward to hearing about her food escapades.
Congratulations! She’s perfect. And she doesn’t even know how good the food is yet!
What a spectacularly beautiful baby. I felt the same way about adding a daughter to our family, and 14 years down the road, she’s still a delight. Mazel to you and yours.
So wonderful, congratulations Deb and family! She’s perfectly beautiful.
Adorable! So happy for you all.
She’s absolutely perfect. Congratulations!!
Congratulations! I wish you all health and joy with this beautiful baby girl! Beautiful name just like her! :)
Congratulations! Nothing in the world is more exciting and more precious than a new baby!
She is absolutely perfect!! Congrats to you and your family!! I can’t wait to hear how Jacob is doing with his promotion as BIG BROTHER!!!
What a beauty! Congratulations!
Congratulations Deb! She is adorable and the second best thing you have cooked. There’s nothing better than a family of four. May the next few weeks go by as smoothly as possible.
Mazel tov! Practically perfect in every way. Last month my mom made me promise that SHE would be the one to introduce Beatrix to Annie, the defining movie of my childhood as well. And you have an Annie now! Annie and Beezus – amazing.
Congrats to you all! Wonderful news!
Congratulations! She is precious.
Congratulations! Anna is such a lucky girl to be born into your family full of love, laughter and really delicious food!
She’s absolutely beautiful. Congratulations, Mom, Dad and Big Brother. Enjoy a lifetime of precious moments.
Mazel tov on your little sweetheart. She is beautiful!
Congratulations! Such a sweet baby! Enjoy!
Congrats! What a stunningly beautiful little gem!
Beautiful. Wonderful blessing.
Congratulations, she’s perfect!
Adding my congratulations and agreement with the other Annas about the excellent name!
Yay! I am so happy it’s a girl. Perfect family. Congrats and kiss those cheeks and extra time or two for me. xoxo
Congratulations to you all! She is absolutely beautiful!
Congratulations on your happy news and much love to you and your beautiful family.
Congratulations!! She’s perfect!
Ohhh congratulations! She’s perfect!
Bless you and your beautiful family!
Congratulations! So exciting, she is baked to perfection x
Congrats!!
Oh, what a lovely, beautiful little darling!! Congrats to you!! May she learn all your wonderful skills and be as talented as you! I have frequented your blog zillions of times and been a long time reader. I am so happy to see this and am so happy for YOU!! :-)
She’s Gorgeous! Congratulations!!
Oh, how wonderful! Anna is just lovely, Deb. Congratulations.
Mazel Tov!!!! Jacob must be thrilled!
Beautiful!! Has anyone said “A boy and a girl, now you have a million dollar family?” A few people said it to me when we had our daughter and I was wondering what it meant, and when do we get our millions? :) Enjoy those tiny hands and feet!!
Congratulations! What a beauty!
Congratulations! She is beautiful!!
She’s beautiful! Congratulations!
Congratulations to you and your family! She’s beautiful.
Utterly precious! Many congratulations and best wishes to you and your newly expanded family. : )
Congratulations to you, Alex and Jacob!! She is just beautiful!
Oh, she’s lovely! So many congrats.
What a beautiful little girl! Welcome to the world! Congratulations to your whole family.
Mazel Tov! She is absolutely beautiful!
Congratulations! As strangers keep telling me, now you have the perfect family! AS IF, two boys or two girls could possibly be any less perfect…?! Or one child, or 20… Seriously, though. So happy for you and your family. Hugs!
Huge congrats!! Big bro looks smitten, too! :)
Congratulations! Hello, sweet little Anna. Now never mind us crazy internet folk and go enjoy your babymoon. :-)
Mazel Tov!! I am so thrilled for you and your family :)
Congratulations! What a beautiful girl.
Beautiful! Congratulations to you and your family!
Congratulations on your sweet girl! She has a beautiful name! I hope you are doing well and enjoying your first days as a family of 4.
How great, Deb & family!!!! Anna Helen (Ann-a? Ah-na?) looks healthy and ready to check out the world. Congratulations to you all, and welcome to the kitchen, Anna!
Such wonderful news!! Congrats on the new edition to the Smitten Kitchen!:) May she grow up to be a beautiful, healthy, happy girl. Wishing you all the best from The Netherlands.
She’s beautiful. The best thing you’ve baked in a while! ;) Congratulations.
Mazal tov. Enjoy this special time as a family of four!
Mazel tov to one and all! My mother was known as “la petite Anna”. What a lovely daughter you have there.
She’s lovely! Congrats to the whole family.
Congratulations! What a beauty!
Congratulations! How precious!
Oh Deb! I’m so happy for you all! What a sweetie! Many many congratulations and best wishes.
Congratulations! She is so precious! And those cheeks….
Oh my goodness she is absolutely PERFECT! Welcome to the world little Anna! Congrats my friend!
Xo,
Luisa
Mazel tov! She’s beautiful! Look at that hair!
Mazel tov, Deb! So happy for you. Our first granddaughter is due in December!
Congrats to all of you! She is perfect. And Jacob looks so excited to be a big brother!!
Congrats! That’s my daughter’s birthday, and she’s as nice as they come. I’m sure your daughter will be the same!
Mazal Tov! She is adorably precious.
Today is my due date (still pregnant…), and this made me cry!!! She’s so, so beautiful. Good luck and have fun!
Congrats! I see the resemblance to her big brother!
Deb, congratulations!!! Thank you for sharing this journey with us. You write so well we all feel a part of it. I’m so excited to hear more. I’m so happy for you!! Love from a mom of an amazing 3yo boy who dreams of a daughter someday…
Oh, Deb, she is just perfect. And that last picture of your TWO kiddos is just the sweetest. Huge congratulations!
Aww, congrats! There’s nothing better in life–especially the second time around when you have the experience to recognize that dealing with an infant is nowhere near as complicated as toddlers/young children! Feed/change/sleep/enjoy!
Mazal tov, Deb, Alex, and Jacob!!!!! You are a lovely family and I am so happy to read about your new addition. Anna is gorgeous! My best to all of you.
Mazel Tov, Congratulations, and overall YAY!!!! For the entire Smitten family. She’s beautiful, and I can’t wait to see more photos of her snuck into your food posts.
Congratulations, always wonderful to have one of each!!
Congratulations! She is lovely!
Congratulations! She’s adorable.
Congratulations and welcome to the world Anna Helen!
Mazel tov! Your best recipe yet!
She’s gorgeous. Welcome to the world, little one!
Congrats! She is beautiful.
Just delicious! Enjoy these first precious days.
Perfection. All the best to the four of you!
She’s beautiful, congratulations!
Teary over here! Thanks for sharing your lives with us. Congratulations and BEST wishes for good food and lots of love!
Wonderful! Best to all of you.
Mazel Tov! She is beautiful!
What a little beauty! Congratulations to all! Those curls are delightful ;)
Mazel Tov on the wonderful news! She is precious, and the name is classic and beautiful. Have you thought about making/ordering a custom cookie stamp featuring that cutie’s footprint, to put it on sugar cookies and pie dough for years to come? :)
Congratulations! How precious, enjoy this special time.
Those crinkly, little newborn ears always slay me. Congratulations a million times over!!
QUE HERMOSA PEQUEÑA!!! es perfecta chicos!! TODO LA BUENA VIBRA PARA VUESTRAS VIDAS !!!
I’ve been a devoted reader and follower of you for years- but have never posted. I enjoy your blog, have your wonderful cookbook and have made many of your delicious recipes. Seeing this beautiful announcement on the birth of your new precious baby compels me to finally post; first to congratulate you but also to thank you for sharing your life with us, too.
Yay! Congrats
She is beautiful! Congratulations on your baby girl!
Congratulations. So beautiful.
Oh my gosh! I was so excited to see baby feet that I squealed on the bus! Congratulations to you and the family!
She’s gorgeous! Congratulations again! And what a lovely name!
Congratulations! I hope you are all enjoying getting to know her!
So happy for you and Alex and Jacob! And, of course, for Anna!
Congratulations! She’s precious! (great name!)
She’s absolutely spectacular. Truly. A stunningly beautiful baby. Congratulations!!!
(I’m particularly pleased to see another July 10 baby – same as me! It’s a great birthdate!!)
There is nothing sweeter than a new baby. Mazal tov to you and your whole mishpocha! Welcome to the world, little Anna Helen. Sending love to you all!
yay!
She is beautiful! Congratulations! I hope you are all doing well!
So tiny, so perfect, so loved. Congrats to you and your beautiful family. xo
Yay she’s here!!! What great news! She’s beautiful and I LOVE her name. It’s so classic. So happy for your family. I can’t wait to see more photos!
Congratulations! She came out just perfect! :)
I’m just so excited for new baby pictures! Congratulations to all three of you – she is wonderful.
What a gorgeous baby! Congratulations!!
She’s absolutely beautiful! Enjoy your baby bubble, snuggles and smells xxx
How wonderful! What a doll, her hair is adorable, as is she. Congrats to all!!!
Congratulations! She’s beautiful!
What a beautiful baby! Congrats to your family.
Adorable. I love all of those precious curls and the name. If I had ever had a girl Anna was one of my name choices. Congratulations to your sweet family.
yay! welcome to the smitten family, young kicker, and just wait til we stuff you with delicious treats!
Many, many congratulations to your family! What a beautiful baby girl!
Congratulations!! The whole blog world is thrilled for your family! Congratulations to big brother Jacob as well!
Awww congratulations! Great name choice ;)
Congrats! What a lovely little person!
I would be remiss not to mention, however, that we, as a species, happily have many more than two options with regard to gender. :) Being intersex or genderqueer (among others) are just two additional possibilities, for instance.
Words from parents with genderqueer kids here: http://www.mommyish.com/2014/07/04/having-a-genderqueer-child/
and here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-tarney/the-genderqueer-kid-i-nev_b_6962152.html
Congratulation! She’s beautifu! Enjoy
How beautiful! Welcome to the world, Anna!
Congratulations! Anna Helen is beautiful!
Congratulations!!! She is such a sweetie…
Congratulations! Little Anna is absolutely precious! Thank you for sharing her photos with us. Sugar and spice and everything nice…
Congratulations! She is absolutely beautiful!
She is perfect! Congrats! I also now have a baby girl – 3 months old. Have fun getting to know your sweet little one.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Oh, the sweetness! Congratulations to you and your family — good baking!
Congratulations to the whole family! She is really beautiful. Looks like she might have epic curls like her big brother did as a baby. Her name is perfect, like your lovely little girl.
Congratulations, Deb! She is beautiful! And, I love her name :)
Congratulations- she’s adorable, and in for a lovely life growing up in your kitchen.
Over the mooon for yall. Congrats and enjoy!!!!!!!
Congrats! She is absolutely beautiful! My two children are Anna & Jacob–great names! :)
She is perfect! Congratulations!
Mazel tov and all wonderful blessings! Total sweetness.
I am SO happy for you! Best wishes and prayers for a happy, healthy life!
Congratulations!! She’s beautiful!!
Congratulations! Don’t worry about the blog – we’ll all still be here when you get your breath back.
Gorgeous! Congratulations to the whole family!
So adorable! Congratulations!!
Congrats! beautiful!
Oh! And she looks like Daddy.
A million congratulations to your little family. :)
Congratulations – we seem to be on the same baby track. Our eldest were born about a month apart, and youngest about 4 months apart (and my youngest’s middle name is Helen too!).
So happy for you and your family. Love your site, love your recipes, and love your family!
Take care,
Colleen
Congrats! and I can’t believe it took 177 comments until HB pointed out that there are WAY more than 2 genders.
oh deb, congratulations! all the best to you and your new family of four! she’s beautiful. looking forward to seeing jacob in his big brother role!
Mazel tov!!!
Congrats, Deb and Alex (and Jacob)! She is so, so sweet. :)
Yay!! So excited for you and your family! Now take a break for a bit and we’ll see you when you’re ready and rested. HA. HA. HA. (I have 2 boys, I know that’s a joke.)
Congrats! Little Annie is darling.
Beautiful! We have a Jacob & an Anna, too (and Joel, and Braylen, and Caleb…so no pressure, but…) Many blessings to all of you!
Congrats!
SO wonderful! She is just gorgeous, with that head of hair! I love her name, and be forewarned – my now 3 1/2 year old was born with hair like that, and now has curls down to her tush. ADORABLE. ENJOY!
Congratulations, she’s the cutest baby ever!
She’s perfect, congratulations to you and your family!
She’s beautiful. Congratulations to all xo
As usual your cooking is perfect! She is adorable.
Beautiful baby and beautiful name! Congratulations!!!
Well warm my heart! Mazel tov to all.
Congratulations, Deb! She is beautiful!
Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! Welcome to the world, baby girl! You have picked the best family to grow up with! What I’m trying to say is, you are blessed, and a blessing, Anna Helen. Glad to meet you.
She is GORGEOUS! So close to sharing a birthday — but the 10th is an excellent day, too. So happy for you and your family. Mazel tov!
Congratulations — she is perfect. My guess was girl (not that I’m very good at such games). Based on your blog descriptions, my pregnancy with my daughter was similar and distinct from my sons’ pregnancies: generalized nausea for the majority of the 9 months and a WICKED watermelon addiction. Needless to say, my daughter, now 12, would eat an entire watermelon in a single sitting if permitted. And she doesn’t eat much else….Wishing you all the wonders of those early days and beyond.
Welcome to our wonderful world Anna Helen! And congratulations to your lucky family!
Congratulations! What a perfect, beautiful baby girl!
Congrats!! She is lovely!
Love the name! Beautiful baby, congratulations!
Congratulations! What a beautiful baby. So exciting.
Congratulations, Deb, Alex, and Jacob! She’s just perfect. Hope you’re recovering well. xoxoxo
Mazel Tov!
A beautiful addition to your beautiful family.
Congratulations! May she be healthy and happy all her days.
Oh….What a beautiful baby! Love her curls and her alert gaze! Congratulations! Welcome to the human family, Anna Helen!
Congratulations on your cute little cupcake! ! :)
Mazel tov, Deb! Your girl is lovely.
Mazel tov! So beautiful, and I should say, giving so much hope to those of us in the shoes you were in the past few years :).
What a gorgeous little lady! Congratulations!
Congratulations! She’s is absolutely beautiful!
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations! I think I’ll make some double chocolate banana bread to celebrate!
A beautiful little sister for Jacob. What a perfect Gift. (As many know–in Hebrew it means “God’s gift”.
What a beauty, congratulations to you and your family! She is so beautiful ! What a wonderful time of joy.
She is absolutely beautiful and I just love her name!! A huge congratulations to the whole family!!
Such wonderful news! Congratulations, she’s absolutely adorable!
Mazel Tov! She’s incredible. And I died at that pic of her and Jacob! My son is 6 years older than his sister and it’s perfect- he takes such good care of her!
Felicitations, mazel tov, and hip hip hooray!!!
Welcome to the world Anna Helen!
Congrats from a long-time follower — she is truly gorgeous — cinnamon swirl perfection. What a happy day!
She’s beautiful and so is her name. I love all that curly hair and love that you wrote she had a cinnamon swirl. It’s so nice to share happy news in this world. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations to all of you!
Congratulations to you and your family! She looks delicious! Hope you had an easy delivery.
Mazel Tov! She is absolutely gorgeous. So happy for you and your family.
We’ll, I knew you were a very good cook! Mazeltov! Enjoy you beautiful new daughter.
Hooray, another person proving that July 10 is a perfectly good day to be born on! I’ve always liked it.
And Congratulations!
Just as I was enjoying my favorite muffins this morning, recipe courtesy YOU, I see this happy post and think to myself that Anna Helen is even sweeter than my Plum Poppyseed muffins. :) congrats to you and blessings always!
Your most beautiful dish yet! Congratulations!
Beautiful! Congratulations!
Mazal tov, Deb! She is gorgeous! I hope you’re feeling well.
So happy you didn’t name her Muffin or Cupcake.
Enjoy you newly expanded family. Hope someone is cooking for you!
Congratulations! I just knew it was going to be a girl :)
CONGRATULATIONS! She’s just as perfect a baby as Jacob was. I’ll bet he’s excited about being a big brother!
Congratulations and best wishes! She is beautiful :)
Let us all eat cake and celebrate your new girl! Congratulations.
Oh! She is just lovely! Congratulations to you and your family.
JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY!
Truth be told, I hope you’re absent from us, your blog peeps, for awhile so that you can enjoy all she has to offer in these early, fleeting weeks/months. Minimize life’s distractions and optimize this time with your precious people, Deb.
Congrats to you and hubbie. Toast each other!
Congratulations! Another little miracle!
Congrats!!! She also shares my birthday. A fabulous day to be born.
Absolutely smitten!!! So happy for your whole family!
Anna Helen is absolutely perfect and beautiful! So happy for you! Congratulations!
Congrats, Deb. My little one, Asher, was born on June 19! They should definitely be friends!
I’m expecting for the first time and I teared up reading this.. Congratulations on your new blessing!! She is perfect
She looks delicious! Welcome to the world, Anna Helen. And congrats to you all!
Yay! Congratulations Deb, she’s lovely.
I think this is the first time I’ve ever actually commented on your blog, even though I’ve been a reader for years, but congratulations!! I’ve enjoyed following your pregnancy since I’m pregnant too (due October). IAnna is adorable and precious. Enjoy!
congratulations! What a sweetie. Enjoy the time finding your feet as a family of four ^_^
A baby with a cinnamon swirl, of course. Of course! May she be as sweet as a little cinnamon bun! Congratulations!
Oh Deb, congratulations! Your post and the pictures brought tears to my eyes. I think the only baby announcement that’s brought me more joy than yours has been my own (and yes, I know that sounds kind of stalker-ish, but I’m not. Promise).
And to top it all off, your new, lovely, sweet girl shares her birthday with my youngest (who just turned 4). Enjoy your babymoon Deb (and Alex and Jacob). Welcome Anna! :)
congratulations, deb! anna helen is beautiful. and just look at how jacob adores his new baby sister! *heart melting* :)
Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful daughter. I have been a lurker for many years and just needed to say how happy i am for you!
cinnamon swirl!! oh i love it. she’s beautiful, congratulations!! my grandma’s name was anna and my middle name is helen, so big fan of the name too. :)
Mazel Tov! May she have a long happy and healthy life, surrounded by people who love her!
i am so happy for you! she’s beautiful & perfect & amazing!! nice work!!
Aww! So cute! Those little cheeks! <3
Congratulations! She’s beautiful! Not that it would have mattered one bit if it turned out differently, but I am happy to have a girl and a boy. And my daughter’s middle name is Helen after my beloved grandma.
Congratulations to your family! May you ease into 4 with lee and laughter!
So happy for you! Also, selfishly glad it’s a girl because we’re having a girl too this October and I’m sure Anna’s birthday cakes will inspire our little girl’s just as much as Jacob’s have inspired our guy’s! Congrats again!
She’s joining a lovely family. Happiness to you all forever!!
Biggest congrats and hugs! She is precious!
Congratulations on sweet baby Anna!
congratulations and best wishes – she’s beautiful – no surprise – welcome home Anna!
Congrats!
(long time reader, first time commentor but huge fan of naming of your first child)
Deb, thank you so much for sharing your life with us! Anna is beautiful and I’m already looking forward to more updates!
Oh, heartfelt congratulations, Deb! She is precious, what a simply perfect name.
Mazel tov to you and your family! She’s lovely.
So glad for you! I have a son (13) and a daughter (10), it’s so great to experience both! I love your blog and your cookbook! My kids thought I was crazy last night when I told them that “Deb” had had her baby, when I showed them your cookbook, they just rolled their eyes, see what you have to look forward to!
Beautiful amazing. Love her name. Take care and congratulations.
Congratulations! My two little girls and I are so excited for you!
Congratulations! I’m so very happy for you. She’s beautiful.
OHHHH so sweet. She is adorable! Good job!
She is beautiful!!!! Welcome to the world of pink!!!
She is just perfect, Deb! Congratulations to you all, and welcome to the world sweet Anna!
Congratulations! What a beautiful name and a beautiful baby! The tiny doll hands never got much bigger in my 13 month old. She is oddly petite despite eating more than her twin brother most days :) can’t wait to see Jacob and Anna in action. Tiny sibling interactions are one of the best things I have had the pleasure of witnessing.
She is so beautiful and perfect, and a lovely name as well. All the best wishes to all four of you.
She is spectacular. What an amazing gift.
Congratulations, Deb! She is so sweet. Thrilled for you and your family!
A thousand congratulations! And, I also have to chime in with all of the other Annas on your fantastic choice of names!
Felicitations! ‘Lil Anna is stunning! I sincerely with you some well deserved rest.
Congratulations! She’s perfection and she was born on my birthday.
Congratulations Deb and family!! She is beautiful!! and completely edible ;)
Conggratulations! A sweetie pie indeed!
Thank heaven for little girls! Congratulations to the new family of four.
She is beautiful!! Congratulations to all of you!
She’s just lovely, Deb. Congratulations to all of you.
I started following you just after Jacob was born. I think all the pictures you posted of him were what kept me coming back to your site. :) Now i’m a proud SK book owner and get to watch another beautiful baby gracing your lives.
Mazel Tov!
Congratulations to you! Enjoy this sweet time of your lives.
What a perfectly beautiful little doll! I see a strong resemblance to Jacob. Her name is absolutely lovely, as well! Congratulations to all of you!
Isn’t it amazing that you thought your heart couldn’t hold any more love? Then you have your second child and your heart doubles. Congratulations to the whole family!
Congratulations! Wishing you and your family all the best. She’s yummy and exactly the same size as my little Emily when she was born in January.
Congratulations to you and welcome to Anna! She is a darling little muffin.
mazel tov!!! tearing up with joy and excitement for you! what a precious little thing!!!
mazel tov! what a perfect recipe!! welcome anna!
Congratulations. She’s beautiful! X
Wonderful! She’s exquisite, congratulations!
Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl! She is so lovely!
Congratulations!! She’s Gorgeous!!
Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations on another beautiful and healthy baby! :-)
Congratulations on your new addition! She is gorgeous!
OH MY GOODNESS! PERFECTION!
Congratulations and many blessings, Deb, to you and all the family! That was a wonderful, poetic introduction to your beautiful daughter.
Yay, congratulations Deb and family!!!
Such delicious news. Warmest congratulations from my family to yours.
MAZEL TOV. She’s beautiful.
Wonderful, and a cinnamon swirl is of course perfect for a baby of yours. She’s beautiful. Congratulations.
Congratulations! She is beautiful.
Congratulations!!
She’s is absolutley gorgeous, delicious as anything else you’ve cooked up. I love her name too, so elegant and classic.
Congratulations! Our son was born just a few weeks after Jacob and we just had a daughter this past February. I’ve been reading your blog for several years now, and it’s been wonderful to see your family grow with mine, alongside your (deserved) success. :)
Mazel tov! I hope she brings you and your family much joy and happiness!
congrats, and sleep when she lets you!
Welcome to the world, Anna Helen!
Congrats on your adorable daughter … Blessings to all
She is beautiful! Congratulations!!!
Such a darling little girl! Oh, enjoy this time– and don’t come up for air too soon!
Wonderful News!!!!!!! Blessings for you all!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy!!!
Congratulations! She is absolutely perfect. And how sweet are they together with Jacob. I wish all four of you all the best!
Total sweet perfection! Congratulations to your family! She is a gorgeous little gem.
Hurrah for a gorgeous girl! May she lead a joy-filled, meaningful long life. Lovely name for a sweet little one.
Joy, Joy, Joy!!! Congratulations to you!!! Enjoy every single moment!! yahoo!!
Well done! Such a beauty…congrats to you all. :)
Wonderful news! Welcome to the world to litte Anna Helen and congratulations!
Ahh! Congratulations! How exciting! She is gorgeous, and I love the name. Let the fun times begin!
xx Lane
I am far too excited for someone who I only know through the internet (and who hasn’t a clue who I am) but congratulations on the new addition to your family!! She’s adorable and perfect and Jacob is going to be the best big brother ever!
Congratulations!!!! Beautiful little girl
Welcome to the world Anna Helen and congratulations to y’all!
As a mother of 5 boys…Congratulations!!!
Rest but don’t quit…couldn’t live without your recipes!
Terry
Congraulations. :-)
Congratulations! She is beautiful – and I love her name. We named our daughter Anna, also. Hope you are all doing well!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations! She is beautiful!
Fantastic, she is gorgeous, congrats to you and your whole family!!
Mazel tov Deb and family! Now I’m convinced we’re related. My birthday is 7/10 and Anna and Helen are family names that we pass on. Sending you love from the Left Coast.
She is yummy, welcome to the outside Anna Helen.
Congratulations! She’s just gorgeous :-)
Darling! Congratulations!
Beautiful! Congratulations and welcome to the world, Anna.
What a beautiful little doll! Congratulations! So happy for you all – thank you for sharing!
Ohhh, I’m just tearing up over here! I just laid my 9 month old chubbs down and thought about how quickly he has grown. Your post just brought me back to that incredible first week we spend getting to fawn all over them, getting to know the little one we’ve been waiting so long to meet. I’ve done this three times now and I don’t think there is anything more special and precious than meeting someone you’ll love more than anything for the rest of your life. Congratulations from the heart!
Congratulations! Such a beautiful baby!
Congratulations! She is perfect and beautiful. Hope you gets lots of rest, or as much as you can with two :)
Congratulations to my favorite recipe maestro, just beautiful and what a gorgeous head full of curls! Fair warning, I don’t need the recipe for this one!!!
She is gorgeous. Congratulations to your whole family and welcome to the world, little Anna Helen.
Congratulations on another beautiful baby!
Another sous chef! Mazal mazal to you all, she is absolutely perfect. May she be the taste tester for many a cookie to come.
Nothing sweeter than a brand new, fresh baby. Welcome to the world
Anna Helen, and congratulations to your family.
I am tearing up too, started the minute I saw those little footsies. So happy for you all, but especially for Alex…he is in the biggest “trouble”” he’s ever been in! He is TOAST ( with a little sweetie on top) now and forever. You all are blessed in SO many ways. AH=aaahhh!
She’s lovely. Congratulations to you all!
Congratulations, Deb! What a beautiful little girl — you must be over the moon!!!
Congratulations Deb! She’s beautiful. I’m tearing up quite heavily right now- ok crying- because it’s our same scenario from 8 months ago. I never thought I’d have a girl. I only knew my boy and couldn’t imagine anything else. And now they are both so wonderful together yet couldn’t be any more different from each other. So happy for you all!
Congratulations. Thank you for sharing the pictures and I am looking forward to more pictures in the future.
How awesome! Congratulations.
Congratulations!!!! I’m so thrilled for you. She’s perfect.
What a beauty! Congratulations to the whole family on the new addition.
Hooray! I’m so thrilled for you all. I love your babies and their hair (says the lady with 3 kids who were bald until 2+)!
What can I say, so many of us strangers here on the other side of the screen were hoping for a girl for you, too–and are so delighted that all your dreams are coming true. She’s perfect and beautiful. Mazal tov!!!!!
Congratulations! Welcome baby Anna!
Congratulations to you and the entire family! she is precious and beautiful and man what beautiful hair!
She is adorable! Congratulations to the family
Congratulations to all of you! She is perfect and amazing.
Congratulations! For some reason, I subconciously just thought another boy was on the way for your family. What a nice surprise! (But, I agree, why are we surprised when it’s one of two options!!) So happy for you guys!
Congratulations to you and your family! And it’s a wonderful name choice ;)
Oooooh, she is simply gorgeous, but you knew that.
Congratulations, Mom, Dad, and big brother Jacob. Squeeee!
Mazel Tov! She’s utterly scrumptious!
Mazal Tov! Wishing you all the best with the newest addition to your family. May Anna bring you much joy and happiness.
Congratulations Deb! Gorgeous!
Congrats! So happy for you!
Longest comment thread ever – with good reason!
Mazel Tov! Gorgeous baking job! <3
Mazal tov to the whole family…what a gorgeous baby!
Mazal Tov!!!!! Stunning. And that pic of Jacob kissing her? Pure love.
Congratulations, Deb! She’s lovely :)
Congrats! Best wishes, she’s adorable!
What a beautiful little angel. Congratulations to all!
I clicked the link without reading the caption. What a fantastic surprise! Congratulations! What a great addition. You now have a perfect set!
Congrats!! Lovely name for a beautiful girl. Blessings!
Congratulations! What a lovely little one :D
When I get to the picture of her face I literally gasped and couldn’t breathe normally for a minute. She’s so beautiful! And you’re not pregnant any more! Congratulations!
She’s perfect! Congratulations :)
Congrats!! Best (ok tied for best) ‘baking’ on the blog!! July 10th is a great bday, I’ve enjoyed it for the past 30 or so years!!
Congratulations!!! She’s beautiful and such a lucky little girl to have you for a mom!
That description of your daughter was delicious! I think you have a children’s book to write in your future!
Congratulations to everyone! She’s a beautiful, delicious addition to your family!
Congratulations! She is very sweet, especially with the cinnamon swirl just like her big brother. Happy days to all of you!
Delicious!!
Mazel tov!
She was born on my birthday so she is part of my “tribe!” Congratulations to your family.
So cute! Love the name, as I baked a little Anna just last year!
Congratulations!!! She is beautiful, and we are so excited for you and your family!
Congratulations Deb and family! She’s fab : )
She’s beautiful. Congratulations! Lovely, lovely happy news.
She is beautiful. Congratulations!
Congratulations a million times over! She is gorgeous and incredible. Mazel tov :)
She’s absolutely precious. Congratulations!
I was dying to hear the news when you went quiet this week. A huge congratulations & the best of luck for the coming weeks, months & years. And welcome baby Anna!
Welcome to the world Anna Helen! May your life be a beautiful on OXOX…
Hurray
Congratulations, well done! Girls are awesome!
Congratulations!!!! Such an adorable baby, and the photo with her big brother is just too sweet.
Aww! You are BLESSED! Congrats!
Yours has been my favorite food blog for many years, but I’ve never posted a comment until now. Your little girl is so beautiful!! Mazel tov, Deb.
My husband and I are very happy for you. He has been a longtime fan of yours, and he turned me on to your blog before we married with your fabulous molasses cookie recipe. I have been a fan since. May you have quiet, restful days with your new little love and your other, older loves. Blessings from Oregon to your family and to you!
Adorable little sweetheart, congrats to all!!
So gorgeous! Mazal Tov to you all, including the big brother – you’d never had one of those, either, until she came along! Also, great name!
I have been waiting and waiting to see when you had your baby and HERE SHE IS!! So gorgeous. My second little one was my girl, and it was the most beautiful surprise of my life. Enjoy this precious, precious time.
Delectable!
Congratulations! Anna Helen is beautiful and someone noted above, girls rock! Having a little sister rocks too!
So beautiful! I am so excited for you. I have both sons and a daughter and having both is amazing, but there is something about having your very own daughter. (Yes, something special and different about sons too). I’m rambling, but in short very happy for your entire family and the next phase in this grand adventure!
Congratulations!!! I was wondering earlier if you’d given birth yet :) Best wishes to you and your family, since your recipes have brought my family so much pleasure <3
Lovely post for a lovely girl! Welcome, Anna Helen, you’ve landed in a delicious, generous corner of the world. Congratulations!
The miracle of a new life! She is beautiful – congratulations!!
Congratulations! She is beautiful! Welcome to the world, Anna Helen!
she’s so beautiful! So happy for you guys! I just knew you were having a girl!
Oh my goodness, she’s a little peach! So adorable. My heart is overflowing with gladness for you! Happy day!
Congratulations Deb! What wonderful news!!
Congratulations! Definitely one of the best things that you’ve ever baked! She’s precious!
Congratulations to you and your family! She’s beautiful. Ours is only half-baked at the moment, but it’s been so fun to read about your journey and all the foods she wanted you to eat (and not eat) while I’ve been going through the same thing (cheese, YESPLZ; sesame oil, NOOOOOO). Mazel tov!
Gorgeous! Congratulations to you and your family, Deb!
Congrats, Deb! So. Much. Hair!
congratulations! she is a beauty for sure
She’s beautiful! Congratulations! Jacob is sure to be a great Big Brother.
Beautiful baby with a beautiful name! Congratulations – little girls are so wonderful!
How lovely! Congratulations!!
When I saw Jacob in that photo..[@ 3AM Seattle Time, because I couldn’t sleep and keep checking up on you for news like any expectant new Grandparent!]…..I had tears when I saw the pink name card on the baby crib!!! Today…here is the news! She is BEAUTIFUL….congratulations and love love love…..mmmhhh….she is a bundle of deliciousness…..Happy Life sweet Anna….and awesomeness at picking such a wonderful family to be born into……
I am blubbering now, congratulations to you and the whole family, what a blessing!!
MAZAL TOV!! She is just beautiful! All the best!
Mazel tov to you and your family!! She is beautiful! Wishing her a happy life and good health.
Congraulations Deb!!!! To you and your beautiful family!!! She is absolutely beautiful and I am loving the pictures of you with her and especially Jacob with her!!!!! :) Mazel Tov!! :) <3
Congratulations!! What a precious little girl!
Oh, isn’t she lovely! Congratulations to you all.
Congratulations!!!!!!!! What a love!
Yay! Congratulations to you all!
The world needs more babies named Anna, it’s true.
Welcome to the world, little one!
Congratulations!
Your joy and the way you announced your sweet little girl brought tears to my eyes. She is lovely. Peace, love and happiness always! I know….You’re all “smitten”!
tada baked to perfection, congrats
Congratulations! What a beauty. Such a lovely name, too.
Outstanding!! Congratulations to you and the family on your beautiful new member!!
Perfection! Much happiness!
Yay!!!!!!!! Welcome Anna <3 Congratulations to you and your family!!!!
Oh, HOORAY! And, after 450+
comments, have you noticed just
how much you are LOVED by all
of us out here in “Debfandom?”
I’m so happy for you and your family,
newborns require much work, but are
entirely worth if!
Looking forward to seeing a pic (or 3)
of Anna’s big brother meeting her for the
first time.
She is so sweet. Congratulations!
She is ADORABLE!!! Congratulations!
HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY! It was the blueberry scones that did it!
Congratulations! So happy for you! Love the name. :-)
Congratulations, Deb! She is perfect.
I am so happy for you! I look forward to seeing more of the kids as you get back into the groove of cooking and working on the blog.
Congratulations!
Oh how sweet!!!!!!!!! Love her sweet cheeks! Her eyes sparkle! What a wonderful blessing!!!! Congratulations!
Love her name. Love her hair. Love her little feet. Love it all to pieces! Best wishes to you and your family!
Oh! Best recipe ever!!!
A little late to the Birthday Party but I am in Europe so forgive me…
This is silly but I teared up when I saw this post. I am so happy for you that all is well and everyone is happy and healthy (such a standard thing to say but I mean this sincerely).
I had, as many readers I guess, kind of held my breath thinking that no new posts meant good news. SO happy!! Enjoy and please take your time underwater we will be here anyway!!
What a gorgeous little thing! Congratulations and well wishes! :)
Welcome little baby Anna! Congratulations to you and your wonderful family.
Congratulations, Deb!!
So sweet!!! Congratulations!
Congrats— What a blessing.
Is there anything more precious than a newborn? She is just beautiful. Blessings to all of you and thank you for sharing this darling baby girl.
Congratulations!! She’s adorable.
she is beautiful! a big congratulations.
Oh, Deb! Congrats! This just makes me so very happy for you!
She’s lovely! Congratulations to you and your family!
Congratulations! She is too precious!
Here’s to much joy in the adventure ahead! Warm wishes and congrats to you and your family.
I delightfully see that at least two other commenters added in a note that we have many more gender options than two. But I, as well, would be more than remiss to not to use this happy celebration of your family to note that everyone’s gendered celebrations are not limited to a binary. Best wishes!
Congratulations! Try not to nom-nom her all up!!!!
Congratulations! She’s just darling. We *only* have girls, so I’m totally biased, but they’re wonderful! Best wishes for the settling-in period.
Oh congratulations!! She is just perfect. And I love her name so much. I hope you are all doing well! xo
She is PERFECT. And what a beautiful name, too. Good job, mama! Congrats to all of you!
She is gorgeous!!!! Congrats!
She’s beautiful – congratulations. A boy and a girl – how lucky are you? :)
Congratulations to you and your whole family! She’s a beautiful little lady.
How wonderful! And now you have a King’s Ransom. Besotted, a permanent state.
What a perfect, beautiful little wee one! Congratulations to the whole family!
Congrats, that is wonderful news! My God bless you all! Mazel tov
Congratulations to you and your beautiful family!
Delicious!
She is absolutely precious! What a lucky baby she is to be in your family – and what a lucky family you are to have her!
Oh, she’s beautiful! I rarely say that of babies but she truly is, and those curls! Anna Helen is a beautiful name as well. Congratulations!
Yay! I enjoy your site and postings so much-thank you for sharing your beautiful baby girl with us! Congrats!
Congratulations!! Welcome, Anna!!
Congratulations! She’s beautiful!
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you and your family. <3
Beautiful little lady with a beautiful name in a beautiful family! Hearty congratulations from Boulder, CO!
So sweet an addition! Congratulations!
What a lucky baby girl…to be born into and loved by such a wonderful family. Congratulations to all!!
Lovely, congratulations! Wishing you ladles of joy, bowls of sleep, and jars (so they can be stored) of energy and hope from a faithful and appreciative reader.
I’m so happy for you, Alex, and Jacob! And all your family, for that matter. Blessings and congratulations!!!!
So excited for you and your family!!
Oh Deb – she’s perfect. Mazel tov and bracha. Enjoy your little girl and let Alex and Jacob dote on both Perelman girls. So, so happy for you.
Perfection! Love love love. G-d bless and congratulations!
Congratulations to you and your family!
congratulations!
what a little beauty :)
i hope you all enjoy getting to know each other!
Congratulations to you, Alex and Jacob!!! She is beautiful and brought tears to my eyes. As a reader of yours for years, I of course feel as I know you and your precious family and am thrilled for you all!
Congratulations, she’s a cutie!
Anna! I love the name and I couldn’t be happy for you and your sweet family!
Congratulations on the gorgeous new addition to your family!! Anna is so lucky to be born into such a warm family- mazel tov!!!
Many congratulations! She is a beauty! Hope you’re resting and getting in your share of kisses. Better go give her one more, just to be safe. And maybe one for each of her tiny toes. And fingers. And nose, and cheeks. Again, for safety.
I am weighing in here at the 500-ish comment and counting and I am a bit flummoxed that I got teary eyed reading this! Awwww Mazel Tov Perelmans!!!! Jacob has always been my favorite internet kid and now a baby girl?? Gaaaaaah, kill me dead with cuteness.
Hello Anna, welcome to our weird wonderful internet family! We love your brother and we’ll love you too. Take good care of your Mama, because we need her too :)
Oh yes, I think she’s gonna like it there! Congrats to you’re whole family!
she is perfect! congrats to all of you!
Congratulations! She is lovely♥
She’s beautiful. Congrats to all of you.
YAY!!! Welcome Baby Smitten 2. What a beautiful little lady! Many many many congrats to mom, dad and big brother! :)
Seeing those wonderful little feet when opening your site totally made my day! Congratulations and all the best!
Congratulations! Wishing you all great joy as your recipes have brought me great joy.
What a blessing! My heart aches with joy for you and your family. (Like smile headaches yes?) She is gorgeous and perfect. You have a beautiful family.
Hope you all get some sleep – eventually.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!!! That’s the best “girl” bun you’ve ever baked!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! What a beautiful little girl! Hope you’re all doing well. :)
Your amazing!!!I have been checking in every ay since your last post, I figured you were off having a baby. And she is beautiful! Congrats Momma
Congratulations to you all! My family consisted of a girl (me) then a boy. My Dad said he had a family of “a sixth of a dozen, assorted”. Now you have the same. Perfect!
I KNEW the lack of posts was suggesting you were busy finishing your ultimate baking project. CONGRATULATIONS!! She is beautiful and enjoy thanks for sharing this special time with us :)
Congrats on the addition to your family. So, so lovely. And being an Anastasia Helen myself, I feel like this little peanut will be strong and fierce and kind. Congrats on the addition to your family. So, so lovely.
Deb and Alex and Jacob: she is beautiful, perfect in every way. I’m 29 weeks myself with our little sister to a big brother and tearing up. Wishing you joy and happiness and long stretches of sleep in the coming weeks, from our family to yours.
So beautiful! Congratulations to you all!
I stopped by yesterday to see if this baby had happened (and I was disappointed) and then popped in today because my baby’s bday is 7/17 and he always requests your version of ice cream cake for his birthday (he’ll be 15). I’m sure I don’t have to say this because you already know, but the baby thing goes by in the blink of an eye. It doesn’t always seem like it but somehow I’ve ended up with a 17 and 15 year old and just yesterday they were babies. Yikes! Have fun and congratulations!
Congratulations! She is absolutely lovely.
CONGRATS! This is, in all seriousness, 100x better than the royal baby. Little Anna, welcome!
Mazel!!!!! The picture of Jacob holding his baby sister made me tear up. Just… Beyond lovely.
What a beautiful baby girl!
beautiful! congratulations and take your time soaking her up. we love to hear from you but…priorities :)
Congratulations! She’s perfect. I’m 27 weeks with a little girl and we really want to name her Anna…but it’s already her big sister’s middle name! Clearly we really love it ;)
Congratulations and best wishes to you and your family! What a lovely, lucky baby!
She is a lovely baby. Congratulations.
Congrats to you and your family, Deb! She is so precious!
Mazel tov! I look forward to hearing more about Anna and how much her big brother takes care of her. Sibling love is unspeakably moving. Hugs.
Many Congratulations to the whole family. So glad she has arrived safe and sound. Enjoy every moment-excellent baking as always.
So, so happy for you guys! I’m 36 weeks along and it has been so fun to be pregnant with you and now to see you little girl! Congratulations seems like such a watered down word for my sentiment, but congratulations!
Congratulations! She is perfect!
Congratulations! Beautiful baby, beautiful name.
She is so so so lovely! And lucky. Congratulations!
Congratulations! She’s beautiful!
I’ve been following your blog for years (to the extent that friends and family don’t even bother asking where I got the recipe) and this is my first time commenting. I just want to thank you for sharing your life; your website is the one I turn to for weekday dinners, holidays, dinner parties and yummy baking. Even when sick during pregnancy or exhausted with parenthood I’m excited for every new posting. Congratulations on your beautiful family and take care.
Hearty congratulations to you all! Very happy for you and Anna looks just beautiful.
Oh my goodness. Anna is so beautiful. I am thrilled to see her.
Congratulations Deb! She is absolutely beautiful!
She’s perfect! :) congrats!
congratulations, she is gorgeous!!!!
My husband’s birthday! He’s one of the kindest, most wonderful people I know. May she share those traits. Congratulations.
Congratulations!! We have an Annabelle Helen who is about to be nine. Enjoy your sweet girl!!
Congratulations to you and your family!!! She is just gorgeous :)
Congratulations! Oh, she is just beautiful :-)
Mazal Tov!!! Beshaa tova (which means literally “in a good hour”, and is what we say in Israel). May you raise her happily
Congrats! From the side profile, she looks just like Jacob!
She’s adorable! Congrats to you and your family!
Congratulations! She is beautiful.
Mazel Tov!! How beautiful. Make sure to get lots of rest (ha-ha) and enjoy her every minute. You have a perfect family!
Delicious – just as we expected. Wishing you all much happiness together.
Yay Deb, congrats to you all on the arrival of Anna Helen, she is beautiful!
Absolutely precious, beautiful baby. Congratulations! Welcome to the girl club! It’s so much fun to have a daughter! I have 3. Thrice blessed.
Super huge congratulations!!!!
Perfection ….
Congratulations! Such a beautiful baby!
Congrats! She’s beautiful!!
Schep naches!
Congratulations!!! I’m so happy for your family!
Hooray for little girls…congratulations to you!
Mazal Tov! An angel. Can’t wait to hear about her life with you. Blessings! xoxo
She is absolutely beautiful. Enjoy!
Congratulations!!! She is beautiful!
congratulations! she’s such a pretty baby and i’m sure she’s going to like it there with you!
Oh, she’s YUMMY alright! Congrats all!
Congratulations!! How exciting for you :)
Congratulations! Wonderful news. She is beautiful.
OMG! One day blueberry scones, the next a baby! Congratulations!
Congratulations!! She is beautiful.
Deb!!! She is a peach! And what a name :) I can’t wait to meet her! xoxoxoxo A
Congratulations! Wonderful for you all
Mazel Tov
Mazel Tov! Delighted to hear this wonderful news! Congrats to your entire family. She is a beautiful baby with a beautiful name.
Mazel Tov!!!
Mazel tov! What a doll!
Congratulations Deb and Alex!!!! She’s adorable :)
Congratulations! She is so lovely and so lucky to have many wonderful foods in her future;)
Congratulations, Deb! What a beautiful girl you have!
What an amazing job you did, baking up that little cupcake. She is perfectly lovely…and I’m sure you must be “smitten” (sorry…couldn’t help it). Enjoy your little cuddle bug. Congratulations!!!
That’s just what perfect love looks like. Best wishes.
Congratulations Deb, Alex, Jacob! Welcome Anna! To repeat what I wrote when you announced you were pregnant, “It’s going to be epic!” Because how could it not be? :)
She is so beautiful. Congratulations to you all!
congratulations!!
Congratulations, Deb & fam. She is beautiful and I can’t wait to hear more of her thru your marvelous feed. Love the recipe ideas, but I love your writing even more!
She is absolutely beautiful, congrats!
Congratulations on this wonderful addition to your beautiful family!
She is so precious. What a darling little beauty!
Mazel Tov! Welcome to little Anna Helen! May she grow up happy and healthy! Enjoy this magical time with your lovely family.
Mazel Tov!
Congratulations! She looks so perfect. Hope you are recovering well and I wish you and your family the best. <3
Sweet girl! Thanks for taking time to share the news. Those are precious moments you could be otherwise sleeping, eating or brushing your teeth! She is adorable- wishing all of you the best! Can’t wait to watch her grow up too!
She is spectacular! Congratulations you lovely, lovely people! xox
For each child that born
a morning star rises and sings
to the universe who we are
Congratulations. She’s beautiful (and has a lovely name )
Congratulations! So happy for your family! What a gorgeous girl! Enjoy this special time.
Wonderful!
Welcome to the world, Anna, and congratulations to the whole family.
Congratulations! What a tremendous blessing!
Bravo – another perfect production! Much joy.
Congratulations on the birth of your lovely baby girl. Enjoy!
Thrilled to pieces for you and your family! I get such a kick out of your fun and funny quips. Enjoy every minute with every blessing upon you all!
Congratulations! She is so beautiful! You are so incredibly blessed!
She’s precious, congrats!
Oh and you are bound to get posts about there being more than two gender options (hahahaha sure). I guarantee it.
Congrats!! She looks sweet and delicious!!
she is perfect. congratulations and all the best to you and your family. <3
Congratulations! She is precious!
Congratulations, I am so happy for you.
Congratulations!!! I especially love the name choice as my 2.5 year old daughter is Annie! And actually, my 8 month old son is Jacob (we call him Jake), so I doubly love your kids’ names!!! So happy for you all!! :)
Congratulations!! What a pretty name. And I love that photo of Jacob kissing his little sister! Awwwww.
Congratulations! She’s beautiful!
Congratulations! She is beautiful
Congratulations to you and your family! It looks like she has Jacob’s nose and eyes!
Yippee! ONE OF EACH and now you’re complete! Mazel Tov! Be well!
Adding more sweetness to your life-Mazel Tov!
She’s beautiful! Congratulations and best wishes to the whole family.
she’s just perfect xx
I have never met you but I love the food you force me to make because it is too delicious not to try. And what a beautiful little person you have added to the world! :)
Congratulations from Spain!!!
Aw, congratulations! She is adorable. Enjoy :)
Oh, she is perfect. Gold. Congratulations.
Congratulations! Just gorgeous. correction though: there are more than just two options. A considerable amount of people are born intersex, as many as are born red-heads!
So sweet!! Enjoy these first moments!! Congrats!
Oh congratulations! The hair! The toes! Lovely, lovely girl!
Congrats! She is so stunning! I’m so happy for you!
Mazel Tov! Best to you and your beautiful family!
You two make the most adorable cinnamon swirl babies ever. Mazel tov! She is a beauty with a wonderful name.
Congratulations, she is beautiful.
Nicely baked! Mazel Tov!
Congratulations! Trust me, you’ve chosen the perfect name :)
Congratulations! She is so sweet!
So thrilled to check in and see your amazing news! Congratulations- lovely to have a boy and a girl and think of the gorgeous clothes you can buy!
xxx
Congratulations – she’s beautiful. :)
Congrats! She’s adorable.
Oh she is so SO adorable. Congratulations.
all the best for your bun in the oven, now completely baked!!!
She’s beautiful, and she is one lucky lucky gal to end up in such a lovely family! xoxo
She’s amazing! Congratulations! xxxx
Congrats!
She is so beautiful! Congratulations Deb!
Beautiful girl! Congratulations!
I came here for the Swiss Chard and Bean recipe (mmmm, fresh swiss chard) and found you made something even better! Congratulations!!!
Congrats!!!!
Let me join in the flood of cooing, squeeing comments – Deb, Alex, she’s absolutely precious. Jacob, don’t start feeding her cookies yet. :) Mazel tov!
Congratulations!!!! Welcome to the world, Anna Helen, you’ve got a delicious place to live with folks who love you very much!!!
Congratulations and many many best wishes on the new bundle. She’s precious.
Welcome Anna Helen, and congrats Deb, Alex, and BIG BROTHER Jacob! Deb, I laughed at your cinnamon swirl comment, heehee! <3
What a lucky baby!! Mazel Tov!
Congratulations! Such a beautiful little girl!
Although you have comments into the 600’s, mine is every bit as sincere, when I say congratulations and much happiness to you and dear little Anna Helen!
Girls are the BEST…I had only 1 girl…That girl gave me my 3 wonderful grandsons.
Congratulations, your girl is so sweet.
I may have just about started weeping as I sneakily read this in the bathroom at work — mazel tov!
Yaaaaay! Congratulations to all of you! So happy for you. :)
Perfection! Congratulations on your girl…enjoy!
Hooray!! So happy for you and your beautiful family! An almighty welcome Anna Helen and a hearty congratulations to the entire family.
Finally! I kept checking your website like a true stalker to see if the baby had been more, and Oh Sweet Jesus, here she is! Beautiful and perfect! Congratulations to the whole family and thank you for sharing it with us!
Congratulations – she looks delicious. An exquisite ginger-bread baby.
Oh! I actually gasped at her cuteness. What a doll. Have fun!
Look at all that hair! She’s just beautiful. Congratulations — I want to bite those toes!!
yummy!
Please let me add my heartfelt congratulations. What a beautiful baby girl! I am so happy for you and your family. I am also the mother of a new baby girl. I spend many a midnight feeding dreaming about your delicious recipes (what did mothers do before smart phones??). Thank you for sharing so many deicious things!
Mazel tov!!
So happy for you and your family!
Thank you for taking time to post a few pictures for all of us who have been waiting for this miracle to be born. Rest and enjoy. Ok, enjoy. You did good work!!
Lovely, lovely, lovely!!! Mazel tov to you all~~~
Congratulations! That picture of Anna and Jacob is just the sweetest thing to ever happen.
Mazel Tov! She’s beautiful. Such a lovely addition to your family/world. <3
Congratulations, Mama! She is absolutely adorable. I wish you an amazing and restful first few weeks. Thank you for sharing!
Congratulations!!! Welcome to the world, Anna Helen!
Mazel Tov! She’s absolutely beautiful! Can’t wait to hear more about her, in the meanwhile, try to get as much rest as possible. ;)
She’s so sweet! Many congratulations to the whole family!
So beautiful! Congratulations!
She looks simply delicious,
Oh my, oh my. I have tears in my eyes and don’t even know you personally. Congratulations to the whole family and welcome little one. Thank you for sharing your joy.
Blessings, friend! She is beautiful. May you continue to relish this time. I can already tell that she will have you baking up even more goodness for our joy and pleasure! PS: I love that our Katherine Jayne shares Anna Helen’s birth date! Katherine Jayne greeted us at 3:10pm on July 10th. (7 pounds, 11 ounces, 20 inches…because I know you are into that sort of thing.)
Congratulations! So happy for you, your family, and your absolutely adorable little girl.
Huge congratulations!!!
Wow! One day after blueberry scones, I’m so impressed! She’s a beauty Deb – congratulations to you and your family!
Congratulations to you and you family. She is beautiful!
Congratulations!!!!!
Congratulations!! She’s beautiful!!
Congratulations! She’s the sweetest thing!
She’s beautiful!! Congratulations and thanks so much for posting pictures.
What a cutie pie, and love love love the curls. Much happiness to your family.
Quite a response she got from your followers!!! Congratulations she is a beautiful little girl, god bless her and your family.
What wonderful news!! Congratulations on your bundle of joy!! :)
Congratulations! She’s gorgeous!
Huge congratulations! Make sure you take some time to rest for yourself before you come back to us… we’ll understand! Thanks for the amazing pictures…have to admit I’ve been reloading the page the past few days thinking of you guys!
Beautiful. and Congratulations!
She’s beauty,congratulations! !!
She is beautiful.
Congratulations! What a lovely name (and gorgeous baby!)
Congratulations!
Congratulations! What a blessing. Enjoy.
Sweet sweet sweet. Smitten here, too.
Health and happiness to you all. She’s beautiful.
Congratulations Deb! She’s so pretty.
Another delicious post!! Congratulations, she is beautiful. I am so happy for you.
Mazel Tov!
Such a beautiful little girl! I wish you all good health, love and much happiness.
Mazal tov! Congratulations! Love the way you phrased the birth announcement – so perfectly Deb. Hope you enjoy her, her big brother, and you feel well!
Had my first girl last summer, after 3 boys. Nothing like it. Congratulations (and your kids have the BEST hair!).
Wonderful, beautiful girl.Congrats to the whole family.
Congratulations! What a beauty! That’s about the same size my five-month-old was at birth :)
Congratulations to the whole family! Welcome, Anna Helen!
Ha! What great news! Gorgeous little one, congratulations! Hugs all around!
Little girls, little girls, everything about them is…little. You girls are going to have fun. Congratulations, and Anna, welcome to the world!
Mazel Tov and welcome, little cinnamon bun! Deb, don’t look at it as giving up (even more) sleep, but as gaining a future sous-chef. Enjoy :)
Omg congratulations deb, she is beautiful!!
So very sweet! Congratulations!
CONGRATULATIONS on your BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER…!!! She is such a lucky little girl to be YOURS…!!! ENJOY…!!!!
She. is.Deelish!
Congratulations to the entire family! She is a beauty and thank you very much for sharing. I can’t tell you how many times over the past few days I checked your various social media sites hoping for news. Not stalking, just knew it was coming and excited for all of you. Good work! Babies are always a miracle.
Hurray! So ecstatically happy for you and your family!
Beautiful. So happy for you and your family Deb! xoxox
Oh, Deb, what a beauty! Congratulations on the newest member of your family! What a sweet hunny bun!
Mazel tov! Welcome beautiful baby Anna! So happy for the Perelman family!
so adorable – congratulations to you all!
What a sweet little bun she is! Congratulations!
Congratulations and welcome to beautiful baby Anna. Wishing her & family a lifetime filled to the brim with love, joy & laughter.
Great news! Congratulations on the new addition to your family. Lucky Anna will be well loved and well fed.
Awww, welcome to the world, Anna! And congratulations, Deb, to you and your family.
Well done! And her name is almost a complete palindrome. :) Adorable.
Wow! How time passes! Congratulations to you and your family! Wishing you many years of love, happiness, and peace!
Mazel tov! She’s brilliant!
What a perfect little nugget! I remember being fairly new to this blog when Jacob was born. Anna is a beauty. Plus, she’ll always be able to say that she was born during a parade! I was downtown watching a celebration of strong inspiring women at the moment of her birth – someday I’m pretty sure she’ll be one too. Congratulations!
ohhhhhhhhhhh! she is wonderful! excellent work – you are a brilliant baker whatever you’re making. and anna is a great name ;) good luck with the crazy and wonderful newborn stage!
Clearly your ability to create deliciousness is not reserved to pastries! Welcome to the world, Little Anna. You are already blessed with a mama who will make sure you are the coolest kid in the lunchroom!
Congratulations to your entire family! So very pleased for you, especially after your long wait.
She’s beautiful, what a sweet little girl. And the photos of Jacob with her are just wonderful. Congratulations! :)
Welcome to the world Anna Helen! I know you will be a wonderful sister to your brother Jacob! Cheer to your family on this special occasion!!
Awwwwwwww! She’s sooooo cute! ! ! Sweet pic of her and her big brother protector! :) Congratulations! ! !
Oh my goodness! What a precious little one she is!! Congratulations!
Congratulations! She is so delectable!
Such wonderful news, congrats Perelman family. Isn’t keeping it a surprise until arrival the best :) She is delicious and a very good choice of names (my sister is Anna and my mum is Helen :-))
Congratulations! I have a beautiful 7 year old daughter with the same birthday. Daughters are magical!!!
What a darling baby Anna Helen is! Enjoy your time with your sweet new little one, Congratulations!!!
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Mazel tov! May you only know simchas. Wishing you much love & nachas from all your friends in Jerusalem.
Welcome to the world, Little One. And many congratulations to Mum and Dad!
Mazel Tov! She’s beautiful!
Oh Deb, congratulations! She’s just gorgeous!
Congratulations! What a beautiful little cupcake!! You and your family are so blessed to have this sweet baby girl!!
Congratulations! She’s beautiful! I’m so happy for you and your family. (Even teary-eyed now) How wonderful. :)
A little girl! What fun! Congratulations to Mum, Dad and Jacob who will definitely be a cool big brother.
Congratulations!!! She completes you guys :)
Huge congratulations on the birth of your beautiful girl. Very best wishes to you all.
Congratulations! She’s beautiful, and what a lucky girl to come to a family with so much love. :-)
Congratulations on the new bundle of joy! Enjoy her, and we will miss your recipes, but take time off to love that lovely little thing.
Oh so wonderful! Congratulations to all of you! To mama and papa for ‘baking her up’, and to Jacob for the great big brother he is going to be and to Anna Helen (the latter my mother’s name!) for just being pure adorableness.
My entire cook school has been holding their collective breaths. We’ve shed tears of joy at the bun in the oven announcement, to a collective hallelujah when the Cinnamon Roll announcement came. She’s gorgeous. Much happiness to you all, and a wish that you get enough rest. You’ve made a tribe of people overjoyed. Cheers
Congratulations – she’s beautiful!
Oh my, she’s sooo cute. She’s just a tiny little girl. So precious. Thank you for sharing and making so many people happy for you.
Congratulations to you all.
She is absolutely beautiful.
You are clearly an excellent baker–she’s delicious! Congratulations and welcome to your new life as a family of four!
Congratulations! You have a nice family! Thanks for sharing these wonderfuls pics.
Oh well done, she’s absolutely lovely. Enjoy your little bundle of joy.
Congratulations, and Beautiful!
Deb – she is just wonderful. I am currently 34.5 weeks pregnant with my own little girl. Fingers crossed that she comes out just as perfectly!
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you!!
Oh, Yay! for the the girls team! Not that boys are bad but how nice to even up the sides!
She is beautiful and well-mannered already! 11:46am is so civilized! See how I just assume she made her appearance after just a few hours of gentle labor (yeah, right – but you’ll forget all that)!
Congratulations to all! Welcome Anna Helen. You are in for a wonderful ride.
I hope you got that great hair gene that was bestowed on Jacob.
Félicitations!!! I am so thrilled for all of you and especially for beautiful little Anna for her debut in the world. She is just beautiful beyond words…and maybe…is there a tinge of red in her hair? As a redhead with blue eyes I am biased but oh how I would love a readhead for you! Regardless, that cinnamon swirl is just gorgeous. :)
Yay! A girl! We need more girls! Congratulations! Get your rest Mom!
Yay, a girl! She is precious! Congratulations Deb & family!
So beautiful! Congratulations to you all.
Mazel tov! Congratulations! May Anna Helen continue to bring you happiness and joy! She’s gorgeous.
OK, your little ones just won the cuteness contest of this summer!!!
Congratulations Deb!! So happy for you!!!
Many wishes all the way from Paris, France!!
Eliza
she’s gorgeous. absolutely beautiful. congratulations!
Anna is delicious! Many congratulations and all good wishes to you and your family.
Oh my! Did you have to put a band aid on her little foot because you kissed it so much?! You baked her beautifully! Congratulations.
מזל טוב! הרבה נחת