2 Weeks and 2 Days

It's hard to believe our little girl is already 2 weeks old. Thank goodness, otherwise I would be writing about how uncomfortable it is to be pregnant. Her due date was to be this Saturday. Now we get to share pics of our beautiful little girl. : )

Evelyn has adjusted well so far. She enjoys kissing and holding Maeve.

More Pictures

More pics of our two girls. Sorry too tired to write a long post. Maeve has her days and nights confused.

Oh, some of you have asked how her name is pronounced, it rhymes with Dave. Some of you might request it's use in a sentence.

"Maeve, save Dave from inside the cave!" Hope this helps. : )

Evelyn trying out the baby swing

Nana holding her new granddaughter

Painting cookies with Gigi

Eating most of the icing

She finally likes wearing sunglasses

Maeve sleeping

More of Day 2

Evelyn came up to visit this evening and was a little more interested in Maeve. She actually wanted to hold her. She was the little more excited about the baby doll we gave her today.

Special thanks to Bobbi for watching Evelyn these past two days while I've been in the hospital. There is not much that entertains her up here except for pushing all the buttons on the beds.

Deciding if she likes Maeve or not

Giving her kisses

I think she likes her.

Maeve, Day 2

Things are going well for Stacy and Maeve and we plan on going home tomorrow morning. I've posted 4 more photos from today. Enjoy, we look forward to introducing you all to Maeve in person.

Love,
Stacy and Gabe

Just for fun at the end of this post I'm putting pic of Evelyn after birth so you can see how they compare.

Evelyn

Maeve Elizabeth Neal

A funny thing happened today on the way to lunch. Stacy had a doctor visit and then we had a baby. What!? Yeah, Totally. Stacy had a hair cut planned and a pedicure and all kinds of last minute prep "to dos" this week before the baby came...

Stacy's family physician, Anna, found her to be 5 cm dilated during her visit and so Stacy was sent over the hospital, got her epidural (which she missed last time) and delivered a few hours later. No probs. From my perspective easy as pie. All the women out there can began hurling objects at me now.

A few pics from our day, more to come. We love you all. Thanks be to God for a wonderful delivery, amazing wife and beautiful new daughter who is safe and well.

Stacy laboring with an epidural. Notice the smile.

Stacy with newborn Maeve

Happy Momma

Happy Parents

Us with Anna Damian, Stacy's Family Doc.

Maeve suggesting that she might be hungry

Maeve strongly suggesting that she might be hungry. And by "might" she means definitely.

Maeve content

Maeve alert, taking it in.

Evelyn giving Maeve a kiss. The first of a lifetime of sisterhood.

The New Neals

Proud Pappa

Proud Pappa x 2

Gabe thinks this video is ridiculously funny. The music is catchy too.  

By the way, he posted this, not me.

Easter Weekend

This weekend my family came to visit for Easter. We were very happy they were able to come especially since my dad has been in and out of the hospital recently. They brought their dog, which Evie loves, as well as her very own bounce house to play in. (They rent them out along with other party supplies as part of their business.) She had a blast in it.

On Saturday, I decided we would take her pictures while sitting the the bluebonnets.  We found a nice spot not too far from our house.  Then we took a trip to the mall where I just couldn't pass up a cute spring dress.  After that, it was fun in the bounce house.  She hasn't figured out how to "jump" just yet but she had fun trying to walk and falling down.  While she was napping I hid a few eggs in the yard. She enjoying collecting them but might have been a bit disappointed when she stopped to open them and find there was nothing in them.  (I was not about to fill a bunch of eggs with candy that she didn't need.)  Her favorite thing to do with the eggs is to open them and have us put them back together so she can open them again.  I think she would do this all day as long as you were willing to put them back together for her.  We ended the day with more playing in the bounce house and chasing the dog around the yard.  

I really am thankful that we have family (both mine and Gabe's) that share the same hope with us that Easter brings.  I was reminded again at church on Sunday that this IS the greatest celebration we have.  We really would live in a hopeless world if Christ had not overcome death.  

Enjoying the bounce house

Trying to pick up an egg without spilling her basket

"Now, I thought I saw another egg over here."

Easter morning