An oldie, but goodie..

I am currently in the process of backing up the backups of all of the pictures on my computer, and I ran across a good one. I must have looked at this picture a million times, (or so it seems) and I guess I skipped through it because, well, the vain part of me didn't like how horribly postpartum bloated I was, or how many chins I had, or the lack of makeup..yes, we are all vain at least once in our lives. I have to convince myself that I might be normal when it comes to seeing pics of myself.

So..anyways, I think more than ever, I LOVE this picture of us together. She IS SMILING for being one day old here. I am in awe, and in love of this little itty bitty baby, and she is holding my finger tight, and we are connecting. I can remember sitting in that rocking chair, very, very uncertain of what was going to come, and I was also so sad as this was the day Mike was leaving to go back home for a few days as he needed to tend to Matthew.

But...until now, I never noticed how beautiful this picture is. I can just see the pure bliss on Kate's face. Now that I know her personality, it gives me flutters inside knowing that she must have been so happy at that moment, being where she belonged..in her mommy's arms.