Once our baby girl was cleaned off and given to me, Chris went out to the waiting room to tell his parents and brother that she was here and we were both doing great! Once he came back, my mom went out to the waiting room so that Chris and I could officially decide on a name. Reagan was our top contender going into the day (we had heard it on a TV show and both just loved it - we liked that it wasn't too popular of a name (not in the top 100 in 2011), but was still easy to pronounce), but we had a couple of backups in case we decided that didn't fit her. As we were mulling over her name, we decided to ask her if she was a Reagan and we saw a very clear head nod from her so that was it! Our baby girl had a name! We decided to pass on my middle name to our little girl, so that is where Grace came from. Here we are in our first moments as a family in what is easily the best moment of my life!!!
After getting in some skin-to-skin time with me, Chris finally got to hold his little girl and it was an amazing moment to see just how fast she got her daddy wrapped around her little finger!!
It was almost 1:30 a.m. by the time we both got cleaned up and moved to the room where we would stay for the next couple of days. Needless to say, all three of us were exhausted and settled in to get some sleep! When Reagan did wake up in the middle of the night to nurse, she was wide awake so of course it was the perfect time for me to get some pictures of my beautiful little girl!
There is that pretty blonde hair!
Here is the first Royals game she watched with her daddy (they actually won!). I cannot get enough of that cute little face - I love how she sleeps with her mouth open like that!
Chris's mom and grandma came up the next day to see Reagan - it was so late the night before that no one besides Chris or I got to hold her so everyone was anxious to get in some baby snuggles!
And here is my mom holding her granddaughter for the first time!
We were released from the hospital on Wednesday, June 20th. Here is a picture of our little Jayhawk all ready to go home!
She looks so tiny in that car seat, and loved the car ride home!!! She was so amazed by all the sights around her and was wide eyed the entire ride!
And so like that, our family of two grew to a family of three and we were ready to start our new life together at home!!
-Ellie
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