There is no way to type this without sounding cliche but parenthood is amazing! The amount of love that is pouring out of our hearts towards this little girl is indescribable. I said this when I was pregnant, but it resounds truer now: Our faith in God is strengthened by going through this life event. The bible tells us that the amount of love that we have for Elise as parents is so tiny compared to what God feels for us. (too lazy to get up and look for verse I'm thinking of) And by knowing how over the moon in love we are for her, it is astonishing to realize just how much God loves us. Like you "know" how much He loves you, but then when your own capacity for love gets doubled in such a way as this, it's just mind-blowing. If I feel this way towards her, and I know that God feels like that towards me.... the whole concept just brings a huge smile to your heart. Ok, I'm not going to keep dwelling on this point as I'm not doing it justice. Bottom line: Our capacity for love just increased exponentially in ways we could not even have imagined. Our love for her equals less than God's love for us... thus God's love is seeming even more real and huge now.
I look forward to sharing our birth story soon, but as for now I will just provide some of our favorite pictures thus far.
Once we get caught up on sleep, I'll be back ! :)
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| Mommy's first time to meet her. Such an unforgettable moment |
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| Her first few minutes in the world |
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| Proud papa looking on as the hospital staff weighed her and cleaned her in the nursery |
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| Such a calm natured baby - she barely even cried during all of her initial exams |
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| 1st family picture! |
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| Life just got more complete |
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| She definitely loves to sleep with her hands by her face - just like her daddy |
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| Getting ready to leave the hospital. Little Bright Eyes is what we call her when she's so alert like this |
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| We love all of her elusive grins. More pictures like this to come. She blesses us with little smiles like this all the time! |
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| So peaceful |
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| Our Angel |
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