ELISABETH MAE

Thursday March 11, 2009 was a miraculously wonderful, awe inspiring day for our family! At 6:52pm we welcomed Elisabeth Mae into the world and our family!! The instant that we got to finally see her we all thought that she looked EXACTLY like Isabella!! She weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 inches long (Isabella had weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 21 inches long). Naively I thought that this time would less awe inspiring, I actually think that it has actually been more awe inspiring, that we could possibly be blessed with two healthy, beautiful girls!! Just like our salvation, we certainly did nothing to deserve the blessings that God had given us!!



As she has grown and changed from that brand-new infant to an almost 4 month old baby her looks have changed too. You can definitely tell that they are sisters, but are not identical anymore.
From those first few minutes with her we could already see ways in which she differed from Isabella. Elisabeth was born hungry and nursed well within her first hour, with Isabella we had to fight with her to get her to eat for weeks. I had to wake Isabella up those first few weeks to eat at night, I have never had to wake Elisabeth to eat!! Isabella LOVED her pacifier the first time we gave it to her, and Elisabeth will not take it at all! Isabella was a very content baby, Elisabeth--well we are still working on that!!

Our dear friend Chastity Wilson (Graceful Images) came to the hospital and took some pictures of the girls meeting for the first time!! It was so amazing to watch them lay their eyes on each other!! I love it when I can see Isabella thinking and putting things together in her mind! I watched her look at my stomach and then at Elisabeth and then at my stomach again, and then ask if baby sister was going to go back in there!! Umm, no way!! I absolutely LOVE watching them interact! You may not be able to see it in the pictures--but I was so EXCITED to see Isabella, I had never been away from her that long, and missed her so much!!

Our first family photo!

Super sweet sister kisses!!

Just about to leave the hospital to go home!!

Our first night at home!

I had to include this one, Isabella thought that the bouncy seat was pretty cool when we got it out of the attic! She was trying it out for Elisabeth!!

We thank God all the time, everyday for our family!! It has certainly been a time of HUGE transition in our home--actually to be honest, harder than we ever thought it would be!! We have loved every moment, and thank God for all of them--even the sleepless, fussy ones!!