Our miracle!!!

Here are just a few pictures of our little Saoirse (that's said "seer-shah," it's Gaelic and means "freedom") Lorelai from after she was born.  JUST ONE DAY OLD!  She's so little and cute I can hardly stand it.  And she used to LOVE sleeping on our chests whenever she possibly could.  Now she just likes being swaddled and staring at any light.  I guess that's not too terribly different than what she was like just a few weeks ago when she was born.  She's nearly 7 weeks old now.  I can't believe she's almost 2 months!  Sooo crazy.

I think this is one of my favorites.

She's a few days old in this one with my wonderful mother who came and spent a week with us, and Saoirse's face is hilarious.

We'll be leaving for Iowa City and Sioux Falls in a little under a week, and I'm SO excited!  I am excited for the family to enjoy little Saoirse and to be able to see them and hang out and laugh.. ah, I miss my family.  We will be getting Saoirse blessed while we're in Sioux Falls which I'm also excited about (a blessing is different than a baptism, we don't get baptized until we're at least 8 years old).  PLUS, she has a SUPER cute blessing dress with a bonnet.  I'll get some pictures up when the big day comes.  :)