Two Week Check-up With Hannah

This is Hannah, our midwife. We have grown to love and appreciate her very much. She said Rose sounds good!
Rose weighs 10 pounds 3 ounces. It was good to know that she is gaining well.
Here is the pretty pink complexion that helped us choose her name! I can barely express with words how thankful and blessed I feel when I look at Rose and all of the children each day. God is so good to us.

Two Weeks Old

I am very content and sweet.

I love my mama. (and she loves me)

I love to look around my new home and listen to my brothers and sisters.

I LOVE to eat.

I don't like to have my diaper changed, I cry even though mama uses warm wipes.

I like it even less when mama has to change my clothes and give me Burt's Bee's lotion because my skin is really dry.

I sleep well at night, usually two long stretches, I sleep with mama and daddy, bundled in my pink blanket. I sleep best when my arms are bundled snug in my blanket.

I am two weeks old already!

Our Not-So-Frugal Purchases

We work very hard to be frugal and good stewards of the money God blesses us with. We try to save money for the future and for retirement and pay cash for everything. I had started a small stash of cash shortly before Rose was born and after a couple of rough nights with her waking and crying, I sent Tommy out with a list of survival items. As it turned out, she was just adjusting to her new life outside the womb and has slept well ever since.

We were able to buy a really nice solid wood glider rocker and a new boppy nursing pillow with the cash I had set aside. He also bought a pack of pacifiers which we never opened:) It was nice to have this money set aside and be able to get these things guilt free. We were both very pleased with the quality of rocker we were able to get. And Rose loves it too:) Although these purchases were made at full price, no coupons or discounts, we are very thankful to have them and they will serve us well for a long time.

She is Pretty As a Rose

After much discussion our baby girl has a name...Rose Dawn Carter. She is indeed "pretty as a rose". We liked several names, Maddy, Rachel, Emily,Sally, May Lynn,Padme,Prairie to name a few. Some of these were seriously considered and others just made us giggle. We all had an opinion of course.

Rose has the prettiest pink complexion and I just decided that Rose fit. Tommy said she will be my "little Rose". I enjoyed thinking about her name and getting to know her this past week and now we are glad to know her name and share it with others. We called her baby and sister this week and now she is our little Rose. We are so thankful to have her.

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee; I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Isaiah 25:1

Our Beautiful Pink Blessing

Born at Home Saturday January 19, 2008 at 8:17 am

9 pounds 14 ounces

21 3/4 inches long

We will soon make an announcement about her name! We are so thankful for her safe delivery and to have her here in our arms. Praise the Lord!

In case anyone was wondering....

What a two weeks past due pregnant belly looks like.....Still patiently waiting:)

Finally..A SNOW DAY!