Happy 4th Birthday, Anna Elizabeth!

Snuggled up on Daddy.

That boo (pacifier was HUGE). Or rather, that baby was TINY.

Right after birth and first bath, which they did right in the room, on the warming table. The best thing about that hospital was that Anna virtually never left our sight, from the time she was born, until we got to take her home on Christmas Eve!

Okay, it's not just me, that is ONE PRETTY NEWBORN! I hated that bruise on her hand, it was from them taking blood.

Awwww.

Me minutes after her birth. Anna was on the warming table, and I was ready to kick someone's butt because I wanted to hold her. (Irrational, yes.)

4 Years Ago Today, at 12:25 AM, my little 6 pound Anna Elizabeth came into the world! We had decided on Anna Grace for her name, but as I stared at her that night (I could barely sleep, because I was so excited to hold my baby girl in my arms! I kept her in my arms the whole night. The nurses pretended not to notice {babies weren't supposed to sleep in the bed with Mommy, but in the bassinet right beside it}) I had a change of heart, and felt that her name was really supposed to be Anna Elizabeth (my middle name also).

After an exceptionally easy and suprisingly QUICK labor, (from the first contraction to the last push, about 5 hours) Anna emerged with just one push.

And she was a GORGEOUS newborn. I just couldn't get over how tiny and beautiful she was... Her dark hair felt like feathers, her skin was butter soft, and she was wide-eyed and awake. She was just so dainty and delicate. And now, she is an AMAZING little girl. We are so blessed to have Anna.