I have been trying to get this post up for over a week now, ha ha! We welcomed out sweet baby girl into the world on July 3rd at 9:13 am. Her arrival took quite a while to complete and was full of hard, crazy labor. I will share our story a little more later, but we ended up being transported to the hospital, but I was still able to deliver her naturally without the help of drugs or medical assistance. She was 7 pounds, 14 ounces. She took to nursing almost immediately after being placed on me and has been a pro at it since. We have been in extreme baby bliss fever since. She is the sweetest little thing. Calm natured and a total mama's girl. She has the cutest round cheeks and the most beautiful eyes. She loves to have her hands up by her head and is constantly moving her fingers in the funniest of ways. She loves to look at a feather mobile, twinkle lights and her moon pillow, and really loves music.

These were from her first day in the hospital. I'm so glad James thought to grab my camera as we were all of a sudden throwing things in bags for the hospital. We didn't take alot of photos b/c we were absolutely exhausted after not sleeping for 2+ days, but I adore these few I took the morning we woke up after it all.

Two days after she was born, when we were back at home, our midwife came for a check up for me and babe. I had to get several stitches, so the first week + was pretty rough getting around, but I'm happy to report that they are healing very well and I'm feeling so much better. We just had our 10 check up with the midwife on Thursday and Ava is already back up and beyond her birth weight at 8 pounds 4 ounces.

The first week at home we had family come and go. James parents, my Nanna and Aunt Lisa, Aunt Sheri, my brother and nephew. It was so sweet to watch them all fall in love with her.