First few weeks...

Here are a few pictures... LOL... from the first weeks. She's so wonderful!!! Gary and I are so lucky to have a daughter!!!! :) one of Claraissa's first pictures... and I didn't even take it!! :) Saturday (Aug, 29th) morning... I had just got done feeding her. :) A family picture before she was admitted to the Special Care Nursery for an infection In the SCN... holding my hand and I was probably crying... it was hard to see her in here and all hooked up to machines... :(

But she was a trooper and did reall well!!

First "official" photo just before going home September 5th!!!

Home!! No more bands for me...

pst... I have something to say!... "I'm in charge around here!"

LOVE this picture!!!!!!!!!! She's so very adorable!

Mom couldn't help it... she had to take a picture of me in a watermelon... and let me tell you!! I was not very happy...

Picture taken for Dad!! Go Brew Crew!!

Great Great Grandma Amy :)

Cousin Bravo checking me out and giving me kisses :) September 11th

Lost her belly button scab Saturday morning September 19. I wanted to cry. LOL

That's right... you can read correctly... LOL

Claraissa Jean

August 28, 2009 @ 1:08 pm our little girl, Claraissa Jean, entered our world... finally. :) She was exactly 41 weeks... she weighed in at 7 lbs 15 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She's absolutely perfect!!! The following are pictures from the labor to a few hours after... I'll be posting more pictures later. It's amazing how much time the wee one requires. But I love her to peices!!! Shortly after getting to the hospital... Thursday the 27th around 11:30 pm... I had probably been in labor all day and didn't realize it. At 6:20pm I felt a contraction that I thought was worth noting the time... and I progressed from there. As you can tell this is before the contractions started to get too strong... LOL... I'm still smiling.

This is during a contraction... I couldn't sit still. I was on the "birthing ball" most of the night and into the morning. I also used the tub 3 different times but the third time was really short as I felt I needed to start pushing... it was crazy!! I can't believe how fast the time went by.

First picture of Daddy, Gary, and his little girl!! So very very adorable!!

Our first family picture!! :) So very perfect!

OH... did I tell you I did this completely medication free!! Holy Cow!!! LOL... in the end she is definately worth it but we're adopting the next ones... hee hee... (I can't think about pushing out another baby at this point in time... give me awhile and maybe I'll come around... the pain is still too fresh in my memory to even think about it... OUCH!! hee hee)

Daddy admiring his little girl!! He was such a trooper through the whole thing. I'm one lucky lady to have found such a wonderful man!! A huge thank you also needs to be said for my sister Becky who was there and helped me through this wonderful event as well as my really good friend Kelly! They were all amazing during my labor and delivery and post... To the nurses and midwives who were there to assist me... they were AWESOME!!!