Thanks everyone for all the wonderful comments and compliments! I’m really far behind answering email and phone calls, and I think I will be for a long time. It’s weird – there’s all this down time while the baby is sleeping, but picking up the computer involves putting the adorable sleeping baby down, and, well, it’s obvious which activity I’ve chosen lately.
Here are more pictures from her first week. (Please ignore the fact that I look like the walking dead in the hospital. It took every ounce of willpower not to delete those pictures!)
We went to her two-week checkup today, and she’s already 7 lbs. 11 oz. – obviously mama’s milk is working. She’s also grown a whole inch, and is no longer lost in her newborn sized clothes. At this rate she’ll need a whole new wardrobe before Christmas! I could tell just by looking at her that she was already bigger, and I already miss the teeny tiny baby we brought home just last week…which is silly, I know, because she’s going to get bigger every day, and that’s a good thing.
Oh, and she smiles and giggles already – mostly in her sleep, but it’s the cutest thing ever. Now can you see why I hate to put her down, even when she’s sleeping?
Sarah,
Thank you for sharing your pictures with your readers. She is tiny and precious. I have a 4 year old daughter and the pictures brought back memory of when she was born. I was not brave enough to have my picture taken right after labor but may be I will be next time.
Thanks for posting the pictures and I hope you are feeling well. These other pictures just confirm what I thought from seeing the first one–she’s a lil cutie!