Rachel at the Hospital, Pictures Galore

What a cute face to see!  Even now that she's been home for a few days - her eyes seem permanently shut like that.  She likes things dark.

with Grandpa Belliston, who came to the birth

Grandma Belliston watched her get born too.

My mom thinks this looks like one of those newspaper photos whose captions read: "Russian woman gives birth to 18 pound giant baby!"  

Aunt Katie (my sister, who took all these pictures - thanks Kate!)

Braden was so cute when he first saw Rachel.  His eyes were full of excitement as soon as he saw her.  After getting a good look at her in the bassinet, he came over to me, put his head on my shoulder, and said, "Mom, she's the cutest person in our whole family.  She's so pretty."

Where did your giant tummy go Mom?

I could not get over this hair.  I knew she had a lot of hair right when she was born, but since it was wet, we didn't even come close to getting the full effect in the delivery room.  I gasped and then laughed when Rachel came back from her first bath.  It does lie down more flat than this when you comb it, but it likes to stick up on top still.  Nathan gave her a fauxhawk after her bath last night.  Maybe tomorrow we'll see what happens with those little velcro curlers.

Rachel LOVED getting in her car seat for the first time.