Peaceful black and white

Some pictures are just better in timeless black and white.

I love her little tongue sticking out.
Gavin likes to share with Ashlyn. He is trying to hand her a truck puzzle piece in this picture. I often times find a collection of cars right by her.
I love her lil' tiny girl eyelashes.
She makes me laugh with the way she holds her legs. Always so straight.

Too sweet not to share

Ashlyn 9 days old

Is it possible to have too many pictures of this girl? Is there anything in this world more precious than a newborn? I just love this little angel and would love to keep her this way if I could. I feel like I have to take lots of pictures because I know how fast they change.

My new diaper bag

I love this fun diaper bag that Heidi Baker made for me. She is so creative. I was waiting anxiously to see what she would do with the left over fabric I had from Ashlyn's blankies. I am really happy with how it turned out.

More pics of Ashlyn baby

Here are just a few more pics for you to enjoy of Ashlyn. Sorry if this makes you cry again Mom. I guess this is the next best thing to seeing her in person though, right?

I love this one. She is so cute when she tries to focus on something and it makes her go cross eyed. She found her hands a couple of times today and her feet also. That was really funny to watch when she found her toes. In this picture, she is probably looking at her hand and wondering what those mean nurses did to it. Poor thing has a big bruise from where they drew blood.

Ashlyn's eyes

I just wanted to share a couple of pictures of Ashlyn with her eyes open. It is rare at this age that they are ever open. She is one sleepy baby girl. I had to wake her up last night after a 5 hour stretch and then again after another 4. I just need her to gain her birth weight back at least before I let her go longer without eating. After she does that, I most surely will NOT be waking her up at night. She weighed 7lb and 3oz when she was born, and today at the doctor she weighed in at 6 lb 10 oz. So, we are on our way back up in weight gain since leaving the hospital at 6 lbs 8oz. We just adore this little angel and wanted to share a couple pics of what she looks like with those sparkly blue eyes opened up.



this one is sweet too with her eyes closed.

She's here!

We are so grateful and blessed to have our sweet baby girl here! The kids are so happy I was able to bring her home today. I am also looking forward to a nights rest without nurses popping in all hours of the night to check vitals. In fact, I am going to head off to bed right now, but I just wanted to post a few pics that I know you're anxious to see. I will post more later. I need to take some with her eyes open. Kailey gets so excited when she opens her eyes and "smiles" at her. I don't think she believes me when I tell her that its gas. :)