11 days old, and back to her birth weight – what a relief to know that our little girl is growing well.  She does still have quite a ways to go until she is officially chubby though!
  Little Sunny is still so sleepy and squishy and fun to hold; I love this stage of “babyhood”

  I’m a little ashamed to admit it, but one of the things  that I love about Christmas (and I know this is rather materialistic) is giving and yes, getting gifts. 
  Months before Christmas is even here, I’m working on my Christmas list.  I’m usually very specific; this catalog, this page, this color, this size, or sometimes I write down the exact web address.  I know, I know, a little controlling and not very much “Christmas spirit,” but hey it usually works pretty well.
  This year though, I got an early gift, one that wasn’t even on my list, and I know that it’s my favorite Christmas gift ever!

  On Thursday, the boys and I went to my regular pre-natal checkup.  I was expecting to be in and out in about 15 minutes.  Dr. Park thought that I was measuring a little bit smaller than she’d likes to see, so she sent me upstairs for an ultra sound.  Because we weren’t on the schedule, we had to wait over an hour to get in.  Then they sent us back downstairs to talk to Dr. Park.  Again, we had to wait and wait. 
  The boys were such troupers, watching TV and reading books, but even that was getting a little old.  Finally, we were able to talk to the doctor again.  She told me that my amniotic fluid was low, and that our baby had dropped in size from the 35% to the 5%. 

“We’d like to start you early” Dr. Park told me. 
“When were you thinking?” I asked, expecting her to say in a couple weeks.
“Right now.”
“What?!”

  I was able to go home and get the boys packed up, and also my bags ready, and then Clint and I headed back up and checked ourselves in to the OB.

  On Friday, December 17 at 6:31 am, little Sunny Elizabeth arrived.  Her middle name is special to us becaus three of her four great-grandma’s have that same middle name.  Sunny was four weeks early weighing 4 pounds 13 ounces.  She had to spend a little time in NICU, but now is doing great, and we were able to come home on Sunday.  We’re all very in love with out little bitty bundle!

  Oh, and just to help you put her size into perspective, the box is 6″x6″, and Sunny fit inside quite nicely.

  I’m not sure what the official age is to take newborn pictures when the baby is a preemie, so I think I’ll just take a few every week for the next few weeks so we can see how much she grows.

  my oh my did this little girl make me even more excited to meet our baby in a few weeks, whether it’s a boy or girl!  those little toes and tiny fingers are such a miracle that could only come from an awesome God. 

from my little pirates.  Don’t worry; they’re not as fierce as they look! 
I hope that everyone has a very blessed Christmas season.  We’re sure enjoying it around here, and counting down the days until Christmas and then the new baby…..yikes, I’d better get my act together!   I still have quite a few things on my “to do” list, but there will probibly always be a lot of thing on that list. 

   I better not post many from this adorable session as some are for christmas card’s, but here’s one - ummm better make that two - of my favorites.

  As a side note, if you’re needing a beautiful christmas tree, Tim Murray’s got a bunch to choose from!