from here to there...

it will never be lost on me...how amazing it is that once, there he was tucked inside, and then, in a matter of minutes, he was out in the world.  here, for all of us to love.

our boy!  our sweet, big, BLACK haired boy.  just a half inch longer and one ounce smaller than his big brother. 

and with his daddy's toes.

 

this is me, getting my first peak at him all cleaned up.

it was pretty tortuous laying there helpless when all i wanted to do was hold and kiss and nurse my baby. surely, the worst part of a c-section.

ahhhh....finally.

feeling so relieved...so happy...

and so in love with this man for giving me these two babies.  at this moment, i swear, i wanted five more of his babies. and maybe i still kinda do ;)

my faithful OR crew. and let's take a moment to appreciate ryan's makeshift scrubs.  i guess they don't carry size 2XLT at mercy general.  and have you ever seen someone look at cute as rachel does in her scrubs?? no way.

 and after seeming like we were in recovery FOREVER...finally, we were in our room and able to share our boy.

i couldn't decide which one i liked better. so you get two of our sweet, sweet oma.  i was so happy to see her face.

mimi!

obasan!

the grandpas!

the three davids.

this look on my dad's face still brings me to tears!

happy Kelly's!

precious tante rachel!

and then our precious tante em arrived with this little guy: our newly minted big brother.

 

tante em!

already, head over heels for this little guy.

our three day stay left plenty of time for some visitors!  tante heidi and grandpa!  and i can't believe i don't have a picture of my grandma... :(

tante cory!

christy! and trevor came that day too!

 

my mama helping me mother in only the way a mother can.

and finally, we were ready to leave the hospital bubble and venture out in to the world with our new little bundle. 

 

ryan with all his visitor stickers from the week.  he did the same thing when finn was born :)

 

both times i have found it so hard to leave the hospital.  not because i wasn't eager to get home or get back to my finn, but because it feels like time moves so much slower. and once you walk out those doors, time begins to move so quickly and before you know it, these babies are four weeks old, and then eight months old...and then, three years old. 

but even if it does fly by, we are so excited to begin this adventure with henry added to our brood.  its a short period in the course of a lifetime, but oh, its so, so sweet and we are savoring it more than ever.

i won't soon forget this room, room #319.  the place that felt like home for three days and where it all began with our darling boy, henry david.

thank you for coming to us, henry.  only two weeks in and we already can't imagine life without you.