Elle was born at 12:50am and later in the afternoon that same day was when Jayne came to the hospital to meet our new addition for the first time. Honestly during pregnancy I thought about this moment a lot. How would Jayne act? How would I feel seeing the girl who made me a mom meeting her sister? We decided to have Jayne come into my hospital room while Elle was in the nursery and then she could go with Daddy to get the new baby - so she'd hopefully feel more included and in control that way. I'm not sure just how much Jayne's little mind understood at that moment but these few pictures melt my heart.
She was so excited to help push the new baby and bring her to mommy.
Once she got to my room she kept saying "Elle", "baby".
And then the moment where my heart burst. It was so crazy- our little Jayne, who I've been a mother solely to for nearly two years ready to embrace our sweet baby, another girl who I would get to mother as well.
Jayne held her for a second or two but then said "Mom" and handed her back to me. This trend continued for a while back home too-she wasn't too sure about holding baby Elle.
Our new little family of four
Honestly I'm still in a bit of disbelief that we have four people in our family. Elle just came much earlier and in such a different way than I expected so it took a while for my mind to wrap around the whole concept
And here's the Perucca clan (minus Nick who came later on, and Justin who was on his mission) Swimsuit attire courtesy of coming straight from 7 Peaks to the hospital :)
Momma and her girl
We were in the hospital 3 days and while I could've stayed 4 if I wanted, I was certainly ready to go home. Just ready to be with Jayne and Phil in our own home. Here's my two littles together as we were getting ready to leave.
Elle wore the same outfit home that Jayne did...she's just much more squiggly than Jayne ever was so snapping a good photo was a bit difficult!
We packed our new precious bundle up and were ready to go. It feels so crazy putting a new baby into the carseat. I feel like they're so fragile that nothing really can protect them. And then they just let you leave the hospital with this new little person that wasn't there when you arrived...
Here's the clan all ready to go - and then we were off to our own little home to begin life as a family of four.
July 3, 2015
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