When Jord came back from the nursery (the babe got a bath), he brought back alot of visitors with him! I love this about the hospital, introducing your new baby to your family. It's so exciting. One of whom was my sister Brynne, who is the amazing photographer behind all these pics ;). Thanks again for being so talented sister!
My mom had Rowan with her, and this was the big moment. The second we found out we were having a baby, I wondered how this would go; Rowan meeting her new sibling. Well.........It didn't really go well at all. The baby wasn't in the room when she came in, so that she could have a minute to warm up to being in a weird hospital room and seeing me in a bed. I started crying the second I saw her. It had only been since the night before that I saw her, but so much had changed already, and I missed her. She was terrified and really hesitant toward me. I don't blame her. And there were alot of people. I think she was just really confused and weirded out. I felt horrible. She came and gave me a hug for a second on the bed, but then she started crying and just wanted her daddy.
There are over 100 of these pictures.... I wish I had the time to post all of them, because they are so beautiful. Of course, I look horrid in most of them ;) But this was about the babe.. not me. I'll put my pride aside. Brynne captured the details, that I love so much, perfectly. I'm so grateful to her for taking all these!
This was me, asking Rowan if she wanted to see her new baby sister. To which she said No. and then I begged her to at least a picture with us, and she wouldn't. (Which is why you wont see "our first picture as a family of four"). And even though it broke my heart.. I wasn't going to push her.
{I love all her hair. It is exactly like Rowans was, but a little bit longer.}
saying goodbye to the big sis...
she broke my heart, into a million pieces. I hated seeing her have such a hard time.
She's just such a beautiful little babe. I can hardly even stand it! (spoken like a true mother, no?) All of our visitors were anxious to hear what her name would be. So after everyone left later that evening, jord and I had some time to ourselves so that we could talk about it. I wanted Greer, and he wanted another name. The other name was something that I still loved. I actually had it on "my list" with Rowan. It is very similar to Rowan, so I didn't think I could use it anymore. But as time went on, I stopped caring and wanted to use it. When it came down to it, however, I liked Greer more and begged Jord to use it. And although he wasn't 100% on board, he said that whatever I wanted to use, he would be okay with. So that was it, Greer Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a family name, and it flowed well with Greer (and we needed something feminine). And even though we've gotten really mixed reactions from people, We love it. It fits her perfectly.
