In honor of Emma's upcoming birthday, I have been going through lots of her old pictures. She was such a tiny baby. She only weighed 6lbs when she was born, and was smaller than that when we brought her home from the hospital. I remember that she barely fit in her car seat, and that her newborn clothes didn't even fit for two weeks. We had to buy preemie diapers for her....and would have gotten preemie clothes if we could have found any. When they handed her to me, with her umbilical cord still attached, I remember saying, "I thought she would be bigger. I though she would cry more." (They told me not to complain about that one.) I remember how she looked up at Steven while they cleaned her off. And I remember thinking how overwhelmed I felt...overwhelmed by how much I could love her, and overwhelmed at the responsibility we now had in raising her...or even just keeping her alive by ourselves when we brought her home. I am very thankful that Martha was right next door, and came over whenever we needed her...which was a lot. We were certainly blessed to have neighbors that were more like family, especially then. And thankful God had mercy on us and gave us a very happy baby.
So here are a few of my favorite pictures from this last year. Enjoy.
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| Our tiny girl, snuggled in Daddy's arms. |
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| Going to see Daddy at work for the first time....pre-smiling. |
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| First smile caught on camera...at the ceiling fan. |
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| On our way to the Christmas Eve service. |
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| Saying goodbye to the Flewellings! |
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In a Whataburger in Wichita Falls, TX, on our way home for Christmas.
She was the cutest thing we have ever seen! |
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| 9 days old. Beautiful. |
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