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Meet Eleanor Michael Rector

On July 31, 2010, BJ and I's lives were changed forever. We were given the most amazing, surreal gift that we still are attempting to truly understand. We are so incredibly humbled by our perfectly healthy, beautiful little girl that God has blessed us with the opportunity and responsibility of raising in our home. Eleanor Michael, you are a precious gift - the greatest blessing aside of our salvation, and each other, that we have come to know. We promise to love you all of your days, to encourage you to be the best little lady that you can be, to discipline you towards righteousness and be your biggest fans. You have changed our lives forever already in ways that our beyond imagination - our hearts may explode with love for you - and we are just getting to know you.... here are just a few pictures of our first few days with you in the hospital...

Momma holding Eleanor for the first time....
Eleanor receiving her first bath in the hospital and the nurses checking her vitals...
The sweetest little face this Momma and Daddy could ever see...
You look JUST like your daddy!
Our sweet princess the next morning....
Snuggling with Momma.... I pray that we do this for a long, long time...Eleanor in the nursery.... the nurses fought over who could hold you... they often asked for us to let you come to see them because you were so stinking darling...Look at that face.... I am just speechless....Eleanor loves her hands... always wanting to eat on them!And she loves sucking on people's fingers... while looking them straight in the eye...Our tuckered out little cutie... I love this swollen, pouty face...This is just a short preview of our sweet baby Eleanor... more to come... but I just can't break away from her long enough to sit down and blog... I am obsessed with my baby girl!
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Cassie said…
she truly is so beautiful Karen! I can't wait to hold her!!
August 11, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Mindy Rives said…
XOXO to E!!! Missing her....and you!
August 11, 2010 at 2:21 PM
Mel said…
Yea! Hooray for Ellie! (I like your dads version!) She is such a peach.
August 11, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Jenni said…
Congrats...she is precious!!
August 13, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Lynn said…
welcome to the world Eleanor!!
BLESS the LORD oh my soul!!
August 17, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Callie Nixon said…
Yay Yay Yay!! Karen she is just beautiful!!!!!! So excited for you two and amazed by God's goodness in your lives!!! Can't wait to have her playmate and have a hang out party!
August 18, 2010 at 11:50 AM
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