The First Month August 14, 2009

    

 A visit to Grandma and Papa’s house.  Time to get spoiled (she will soon find out- She just needs to ask Amara)!!!

 Happy One Week Birthday!!!  She is still so tiny.

    

Sister time- Maya was in her crib and Amara wanted to get in and “play” with her.  I love seeing my girls together.  Big sister is already such a big helper always wanting to hold and kiss her sister!!

 We took a trip down to see my Dad and Grandparents.  Maya got some snuggle time with Grandpa Steve.  

    

 And more snuggles with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Tabler.  We had a wonderful time there and a great lunch!! 

 As you can see Maya was really celebrating Abbie’s birthday.  She slept through most of it in a little basket that Aana had.  It was her favorite place to sleep!!!

 More sister time!!

    

 How she is growing.  She startles easily though when asleep.  Hands and feet both fly into the air anytime you make a noise when she is sleeping

    

Hands in the air when asleep just like her big sister.

Wow, one month old already.  How time flies and how fast they grow.  What a cutie!!!

2 Days Old and Going Home August 14, 2009

Another night came and went and here we are on day two, ready to go home.  Ammie Debbie stayed the night with Maya and Me in the hospital so that Derek could take Amara home, Amara wanted nothing more but to sleep in her own bed.  I think Ammie was more afraid of Maya than I was, every little peep that baby made Ammie came running to check on her.  We had a very long night, it felt like every time we got the baby to sleep and we fell asleep, the nurses were coming in wanting to wake Maya up for one test or another, they even gave her a hearing test around 2am, now why could that not wait until morning

    

Bright and early though Amara and Daddy showed up to check on all of us.  I was finally able to convince Amara to come hang out with me in the hospital bed, she thought it was pretty cool that the bed could move up and down. 

    

Here is Big Sister making sure baby Maya’s car seat was ready for her to ride in.  I forgot how little babies are until you see them in the car seat.  She was so tiny and scrunched up in her seat!!

A proud Daddy rocking Maya!!!  I’m sure there will be many more hours of rocking ahead of us. 

One Day Old August 14, 2009

    

 We made it through the night and now Maya is officially one day old!!!!  Many more visitors came by to meet Maya and see how we were doing.  Here is Daddy’s first official picture with both his daughters

 Maya was lucky enough to have some of her Great Grandparents come to see her.  Nana and Granddad drove up for a few hours.  We could not convince Granddad to hold her though.  He said she was still to little.

    

 Her Great Grandpa Clarence and Great Grandma Thelma also came over for a visit.  What a lucky little girl to have so many people who already love her!!

    

Her wonderful cousins also could not wait to hold her.  James was so proud he got to hold baby Maya.  Uncle Josh finally got his turn also once her got her away from Aunt Stacie!!

Our first family photo.  Wow what a tired looking Mama!!!