Practical

I remember being a first-time mom, and someone teasingly brought up the notion of putting a newborn baby in a laundry basket...I remember feeling appalled, as if that would be some sort of insult to the baby or something. Now that I have a little more experience under my belt, I have decided that it is just plain practical! She likes it, it's cheap, it's portable, and it actually looks pretty comfy and cozy to me! Hooray for practicality winning out!

Sisters

These two are so lucky...I grew up with only brothers, and didn't know anything about sisters until my brother got married (then I got the best sister ever!) But these two will always have each other- I sure hope they appreciate it. (And for you geneticists out there- is it possible to have a child with blue eyes if neither parent has blue eyes? Both Marshall's dad and my dad have blue eyes- could that skip a generation? Perhaps this is just baby blue and they will change to brown or something in a few months. I don't know though- they look quite blue to me!) We just love our beautiful girls!

Baby Rachel's One Week Photos

We had some fun newborn pics taken of our little Rachel. A local photographer named Parker Grimes came to our home for the shoot on Rachel's one week birthday. We are all adjusting quite well to our new addition. The kids absolutely adore her, and are so sweet and gentle with her. There have definitely been some hectic moments and I occasionally feel like I need a clone of myself to get everything done, and especially to have enough time to spend with the other kids, but luckily for me I have had lots of help from family and friends, and so the transition hasn't been too hard. (It also helps to know from experience that things won't be this crazy forever!) I know things will settle down eventually, and that helps me to enjoy the moment better. We have been very blessed with meals being brought in, thoughtful gifts, people offering to help with the other kids, and my mom (as usual) has been so awesome to come and help with whatever I need whenever I need it. She is so amazing! I hope I can be like her someday. We are just loving our sweet little redhead girl and are so thankful to have her in our family. Enjoy the pictures.

(The files are so big that Blogger was having a hard time uploading them, so you will have to settle for a link instead.)

http://photos.pagrimes.com/p719478546