She is 3 Months Already! (Warning: Lots of Pictures from this First Time Mommy)

So much time has passed and there is just too much to say!  Our life was changed forever on July 2nd at 9:31pm.  Grace Adeline Iversen entered the world at 7 lbs 1 oz and 19.7 in long and has brought us pure joy ever since!  Sure there have been some hard days- I had some major baby blues following an unplanned C-Section.  I feared the sleepless nights would never come to an end.  I've missed family and friends in the US and have longed for them to know and to cuddle our sweet baby.  And the list of challenges goes on, yet my life is truly more wonderful because of my little baby girl.  Andy told me that the first words that came out of my mouth when I first saw her were "she's so awesome!" and I am writing this post to introduce you to my awesome baby Grace!  I hope to follow this post with more frequent baby posts so family and friends can watch our little one grow, but for now here is a little picture summary of the past three months!

First moments together as a family.  Though her birth did not go as I had hoped, I am so blessed that the surgery went  well and I am so thankful for my amazing husband who was by my side the whole way through.

Grace's sweet little foot!  It is amazing how much she has grown!

I was so in love with her from the moment I first saw her!

First week home and we couldn't stop loving and kissing on her.  This is still the case 3 months later!

From the start Grace has made the most awesome faces!  She is so happy and so expressive!

It was a huge treat to have Mimi (Andy's mom) come visit us in Auckland when Grace was 4 weeks old!

Our hearts broke when Grace started making this face.  We also can't help chuckle at it as well because it is so cute!

Since day 3 Grace has loved baths!

We started using cloth diapers (nappies in NZ) around week 6 and we have loved them!

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All Blacks fans- because you have to follow Rugby in NZ!

More kisses, and more and more personality from Grace!

Love her!

Proud of how our beautiful girl is growing!

Me and my girl

Love her smiles!

That's all for now- more coming soon!