Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Ruthie Awake

While sleeping Ruthie is pretty cute, we sure love it when she opens her beautiful eyes and decides to chat with us too!




Sleeping Ruthie



Turns out, babies sleep a lot.  Also turns out, they are pretty darn cute when they sleep.  Here are some pictures of the various sleeping positions and arrangements of Ruthie.






Saturday, June 25, 2011

Coming Home

We finally made it home from the hospital after spending nearly an entire week there.  While we were grateful for the amazing care we received, we are happy to be home.  We survived our first night together as a family of three without any help from the nurses.  I think we did pretty well.  Here are a few pictures of our last minutes at the hospital.

Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Dave came to help us get everything loaded in the car.  Grandma spent a few minutes holding Ruthie (note the cute outfit from Aunt Dana.)

And Grandpa helped by carrying the boppy!

Here's Ruthie's first trip outside the hospital.

And home we go!

Friday, June 24, 2011

More Ruthie.




Daddy has been so helpful feeding Ruthie.  I love how her tiny hand holds onto his finger.

And cuddling with Ruthie has quickly become one of my favorite things in the world!

Good morning!


Ruthie awake in the morning! 
(Sorry this is sideways, I'm still working on uploading videos)



Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Meet Ruthie

Here she is, just seconds old.













Our first family photo


















Proud Daddy



















It was a LONG delivery...maybe we'll post more
details when we have the energy.
This is pretty much how we all spent our first day together.












We've also spent a lot of time looking at this
beautiful new face.





















Welcome Ruthie!!

Ruth Kathryn Lucius was born at 3AM. 7lbs 7oz. Pictures to follow soon.