Bigger and Better

This girl is finally starting to fill out, and she's getting squishier by the minute.

We really like her.

Rose loves this little bear suit she got from Grandma McLean. It's so warm and fuzzy she can't help but fall asleep once it's on.

Here's Rose just entertaining herself, which she does a lot.

So, I forgot to rotate this one, sorry. This is her in a very lovely dress made by my mom. She was getting pretty sick of wearing church clothes by this point, so I'm afraid this is the best we got.

This is when Rose was about a week old and very scrawny. Here she is barely filling out a preemie-sized outfit. Fortunately, my milk came in and she puffed right up.

Our baby Rose

Hello world! Here she is at 7.06 lbs, 19.5 in.

Our pretty little baby is finally here! She arrived right on time. My water broke at one in the morning on her due date, March 2nd. About sixteen hours later, out she came. I made that sound much easier than it was.

Rose recognized Ryan's voice right away. This is them just after she was cleaned up from delivery. She loves her daddy so much!

Sleepy baby.

This is me (wearing a particularly alluring robe) getting to know my baby girl.

That's a big look of relief on Ryan's face. We had a bit of a scare when the doctor realized the cord was wrapped tight around her neck and she was stuck hard in my extra-small birth canal. They had to vacuum her out and give her oxygen, but she came away with nothing worse than a egg-sized hickey on her head and a bruised face. Whew!

Sleepy mom.

Here's a picture just for you, Jamie. This is me feeling really puffy at almost 38 weeks.

Ryan liked this picture, so here it is.