Hadassah is already one week old! Here are some pictures from the past week. Rista's somewhat uncomfortable around Hadassah, but she still makes sure she gets her attention, too. Daddy tickling Hadassah's feet with his beard. "Go that direction." She was just stretching in her sleep and we happened to catch this. Look at how bright eyed she is! First bath at home. Just a sponge bath, but Hadassah did not enjoy it very much. She can already hold up her head for a few seconds! A close up. Her hands are so tiny!
Hadassah Ruth was born June 1st at 1:27 pm. She weighed 7 lbs, 9 oz, and is 20 inches long.
Here I am two days before going into labor.The IV and oxygen to keep her heartbeat steady during my contractions. I had an epidural, so I didn't feel the intensity of the contractions, but she apparently did. Our sweet little girl! Mommy and Hadassah. The proud daddy. She's so cute! Ready to go home. Sound asleep.
We decided we really needed to give Rista Cat a bath. She smelled like her litter box and had a clump of stuff under her tail. I did not want her making a mess somewhere in the house. Her fur was also clumping up from the sticky sap of the new leaves on the trees outside. She was a very good kitty and didn't try to scratch once while she was in the water. Michael and I both put on long sleeves just in case, though.
Here's Rista right out of the tub before we had a chance to dry her off. We used several towels to dry her and then got out her brush and brushed her to keep her fur from getting tangled. The mess in the bathroom after the bath was over... Then of course, Rista has to give herself a bath afterward to make sure we got everything. All done! She's still rather damp in this picture, but she's definitely fluffing up again. We'll brush her again when she's completely dry to make sure her fur doesn't mat up.
A couple weeks ago, Michael and I turned our living room into a photo studio and took several maternity pictures. Michael found it interesting to be the photographer AND the subject. It took him a little while to fix them up some, but here they are.
The belly, while showing off our wedding rings as well. The two of us. I saw this pose on a website and thought it cute. It turned out nice. I saw something like this on a website too, and bought the shoes just so we could do a picture like this.
Last Friday I had an appointment and when the doctor measured my belly, he thought I was measuring a little small, 31 inches when I should be at 34. To make sure the baby was developing okay, he scheduled me for another ultrasound. That was today. I knew she was fine since she is always moving around, but it was nice to be able to see her again. And, since the Air Force is paying for it, why not? First thing the ultrasound tech said was she's "still a girl". Here is a picture of her face, looking straight on. The white horizontal line is her nose, the oval shape right above it is her eye. Our baby has hair! The fuzzy stuff the arrow is pointing to is her hair. The tech said that she is weighing around 5 pounds, 3 ounces, and her heart rate is 158. Here is a picture of me in my maternity uniform, taken on Friday, 33 weeks, 6days. As for the weather here; a week ago, we looked outside and saw this! Fresh snow! Today though, this is what the front yard looks like. All the snow is gone from our yard. It will start turning green soon!!!
Rista's somewhat uncomfortable around Hadassah, but she still makes sure she gets her attention, too.
Daddy tickling Hadassah's feet with his beard.
"Go that direction." She was just stretching in her sleep and we happened to catch this.
Look at how bright eyed she is!
First bath at home. Just a sponge bath, but Hadassah did not enjoy it very much.
She can already hold up her head for a few seconds!
A close up.
Her hands are so tiny!
The IV and oxygen to keep her heartbeat steady during my contractions. I had an epidural, so I didn't feel the intensity of the contractions, but she apparently did.
Mommy and Hadassah.
The proud daddy.
She's so cute!
Ready to go home.
Sound asleep.
All done! She's still rather damp in this picture, but she's definitely fluffing up again. We'll brush her again when she's completely dry to make sure her fur doesn't mat up.
The two of us. 
I saw this pose on a website and thought it cute. It turned out nice.
I saw something like this on a website too, and bought the shoes just so we could do a picture like this.
