In the Beginning....

Elise Irene Curtis was born on April 3, 2009 at 4:56pm. She was 8lbs 1oz and 20 1/2 inches long. She is four weeks old as of Friday! She is Jody's parent's first grandchild and my parent's fourth granddaughter!
We had a very large room at the hospital which allowed almost all of our visitors in the room at one time. Hanging out with all of my family waiting for my labor to progress was awesome. My mom got to be in the room during the birth and the three of us watched The Bonnie Hunt Show in between contractions.
The postpartum room was just as nice and it was fun showing her off to everyone. It was also the site of Jody's first diaper change! We did have to stay a day longer than we thought because she was a little jaundice. However, we were thankful for one more night with the help of the nursery.
I don't have a means of comparison, but I think she's a pretty good baby. We can usually get her to calm down and sometimes she would sleep for more than four hours if we didn't wake her for a feeding. This picture was a day or two after bringing her home and I think she has changed already (yes, the eyes are even bigger now,) so I will post more, soon!