Our "new" family!

Just a few days before Ileah decided to arrive in the world...

The midwife and I just before feeling nothing...

Ileah's first view of the world... Even then, her cry wasn't very loud, but loud enough to get an 8 on her first apgar score and a perfect 10 on her second! I guess she really was ready to come out into the world, even though it was 20 days early!

My first view of Ileah. I didn't even know what color hair she had until Josh took off her hat. For some reason, I wasn't expecting her Daddy's blonde at all! She really does look like him!

My poor little pea... She didn't like being weighed... She'll probably hate me later for puting this picture up for the world to see... At least it's better than the other one! ;)

Being measured... everything normal!

She was so flexible she nearly kicked herself in the head!

She was very alert the entire time they were checking her after birth. They tell me she couldn't take her eyes off her Daddy. DEFINATELY a daddy's girl!

And here she is with her Daddy!!

Usually calm, like all babies, she must cry at times!

Finally all bundled up... She was so tiny that the little shirt had to be rolled up several times for her hands to stick out. Even the newborn diaper was far too big and had to be rolled down. Good thing there are premie diapers out there!

Too cute to pass up... Gripping her Daddy's fingers... She already has him wrapped around her's!

Sleeping with Momma the next day... She was so tired. We even had to wake her up for her feedings!

Me adjusting to being Momma the next day. Because she was so early, we were more shocked than anything else!

Awake in her first outfit that "fit." She was so small that the newborn clothes I brought were far too big and so we had to wait for some amazing, considerate friends to bring her clothes that fit her!

She loves to have her hands up by her head...

Yet another shot of Ileah and her Daddy.

She's so cute when her eyes finally open from sleep and she starts to look around.

She loves to look at her Daddy.

Ileah and I catching up on some much needed sleep...

Absolutely perfect. What else can I say?

It looks like she may already be on her way to becoming a model... A Health Quest magazine photographer asked if she could be in the photos with the doctor for the article they were doing. Um, hello!! Yes she can! :) Don't worry, no Jon Benet for us!!