Photos

The baby bump at 40 weeks.

Kevin’s dad (who is going by the nickname ‘Pop-Pop’) holding our baby girl.

Rayleigh did a lot of sleeping after delivery. This picture was taken about 16 hours after delivery, and she was just sleeping away.

Kelsey nursing Rayleigh. She’s a very hungry baby.

Kevin’s mom (who is going by the nickname ‘mimi’) and our baby girl.

All three of us loving life.

She was sick of us taking pictures, and wasn’t afraid to show it.

Rayleigh, swaddled in the burrito-style swaddle, sleeping on Kelsey.

Rayleigh dressed and in her first diaper. We used disposables provided by the hospital, but will switch to cloth once we take her home.

Babies come with hats!

Our baby girl weighed eight pounds, six ounces on the official hospital scale.

Kelsey looking happy at the start of her hospital admission.

Kelsey sporting her “I Dream of Sushi” delivery gown, still in good spirits, about halfway through labor.

The nurse processing Rayleigh while Kelsey was being stitched up.

Kelsey resting between contractions with Kevin resting on her.

The baby bump at 39 weeks.

The baby bump at 38 weeks.

The baby bump at 37 weeks.

The guest bed in our guest bedroom/office. The painting is a wood block painting by Yoshitoshi Mori that Kevin inherited from his late Uncle Paul.

The second Yoshitoshi Mori woodblock painting, which is opposite the bed. See the next photo for how this photo was taken.

The crib was given to us as a hand-me-down from one of Kevin’s professors, and the changing table dresser (and the other dresser that matches it) were hand-me-downs from Kevin’s parents.

Kevin’s home office in the guest bedroom/office, next to the guest bed. We plan on putting up a cork board on the wall on the left above the shelving.

One of the dressers fit between the two windows in the room, which will eventually have white cloth pull-shades on them.

We hope our baby likes to read! We put all of our baby and young adult books on two bookshelves in the baby’s room.