Ava is Two Weeks Old!

This is the view I mostly get when I go to visit Ava. She is always asleep! She is very pretty when she sleeps. She is filling out. When you hold her, you can actually hear her breathe! Okay, that is probably not unusual, but she is so tiny, that when I hear her breathe, I am amazed at the sound. I am also amazed that I can "feel" her breathe through my hands as I hold her. It is surprising the things you have forgotten to marvel about when your kids are grown!

Now a picture of the proud Dad and proud Pop. Mike looks so much more relaxed in this picture. He has been able to hold Ava a lot in the last two weeks. He just got back from a seminar in South Carolina. First thing he did when he got home was call Jay and find out how Ava and Sarah were doing. He can hardly wait to see her tomorrow!

















As you can see, the two grandmothers are pretty happy about this new arrival. We are both ready, willing, and able to spoil her as much as we can. Susan was so lucky to be able to see Ava's birth. What a special time for her to spend with her youngest baby as she was having her first baby.


Finally, she has her eyes open! It is hard to tell in a picture, but her eyes are blue at the moment. We think it would be so fun if her eyes turned Hazel like her Daddy's, but she will be beautiful with brown eyes like her mommy.

I somehow hope for brown eyes, because it is so special when your daughter looks a lot like you!

The only reason she is awake is because she was hungry. Shortly after this picture, I handed her over to Sarah.



Ava Elizabeth asleep again!

This is the first picture I have of her without a hat on! Her hair is still dark, but that could change. After all, she is ony two weeks old! Aren't babies precious when they sleep?

"You have taught children and nursing infants to give you praise." Psalm 8:2

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