Happy Birthday, Ellie!

I was 37 weeks and one day pregnant when my water broke. Brice and I finished packing our bag (hey, we thought we had three more weeks!), and headed up to the hospital. The contractions were pretty awful for awhile, but praise God for epidurals! They are incredible!! Here I am eating a popsicle during a BIG contraction, but I wasn't feeling a thing with the epidural:

Notice my eye is droopy? They said it was because of the epidural, and it sure felt funny.

The delivery was smooth, and sweet little Ellie was born at 5:42pm!

She weighed 6 pounds and 14 ounces. She was 19.5 inches long.

And she was not a big fan of being born. Brice comforted her and told her she only had to be "born again" one more time. Hah! He's such a preacher in the making.

Her first diaper!!

Our sweet girl.

I cannot tell you how incredibly happy this day was for me. She is the most beautiful baby I've ever seen, and I'm completely in love with her!

What could be better than being Ellie's mommy?

Brice is so in awe of his baby daughter. I just love watching him with her.

He's such a good Daddy, and I'm so proud Ellie gets to have him as her father.

Aren't these the sweetest feet??

Not long after delivery, Ellie went to the nursery for a bath and to get warmed up. Brice followed so he could make sure she was OK, and he brought me back a picture since he knew I missed her!

We love this girl so much! Praise our wonderful God for such a blessing. Why is He so good to us in so many ways??