More Photos!

We had a busy day today, so I haven't had time to write any new updates. But I do have more photos. I took these a little before lunch, as Mika slept in our room. She's been so good today -- sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, and sleeping some more.

The more time we spend with her, the more we realize how amazing she is. Every once in awhile she gives us a little hint at her personality. Sometimes stubborn, sometimes curious, sometimes playful.

She also appears to have inherited many of Yuki's facial expressions. When she's about to cry, she looks just like Yuki does before the tears start falling. She also has the same pout as Yuki -- that's particularly dangerous because I tend to do whatever Yuki wants when she does the pout. As I joked with the OR surgeon yesterday morning, the two will gang up on me, pull out the pouts and ask for diamonds and a pony. I'll have no defense.

Mika Unveiled

I haven't had time to edit/tweak the photos I took this morning, but I figured you wouldn't mind a less-than-perfect collection of photos of our perfect little girl. You can see everything I shot on our Picasa web gallery or via the slideshow in the right sidebar (click on the photo to see the larger version).

The photos fall into three groups: (1) pictures in the operating room as the c-section was underway (Mika is just a few minutes old); (2) pictures in the nursery when Mika got cleaned up after birth (she was about an hour old); and (3) pictures in the recovery room where Yuki was staying until we moved to our long-term room in the birth center (Mika was about 5 hours old).

More to come (as well as a more carefully edited and tweaked collection of these photos) as I have time. Enjoy!