Leah (and Mom) are doing well; Leah has spent much of the past 24 hours sleeping, but did wake up long enough to eat her first good meal around 11:30 this morning, and has eaten well a couple of times since, when we could wake her up enough to consider eating. Mom has been trying to spend much of the past 24 hours sleeping, but it seems that about the time she starts to drift off, someone comes in to poke, prod, or measure her, or visitors arrive, so sleep has not happened as much as she would have liked.

Grandma and Grandpa brought big brother Ian to visit yesterday afternoon, but Ian was very suspicious of the little thing in Mama’s arms. During today’s visit, Ian was more curious and less suspicious, however, and at least leaned over to examine her a couple of times while Grandma was holding her. Great-grandma Nave, Shawna’s cousin Cassie, and Shawna’s aunt Vicki also came to visit today; Leah slept through most of the visit, but Great-Grandma was happy to hold her while she slept. Otherwise, it’s been a very quiet day, I think we’re all looking forward to going home to sleep in our own beds tomorrow night. (At least at home there aren’t people jostling up and down the halls all night and calling the nurse to the next room every 20 minutes.)

Leah looks a lot like Ian did at 1 day old, but honestly, most babies do. Shawna’s and her mom claim that they’ve seen a dimple – I haven’t caught her smiling enough to tell yet. She has the same long, delicate fingers and toes as Ian, and her legs are long and skinny too, if she’ll actually stretch them out. She likes to stay bunched up in a little ball – I guess if you’ve been that way for 9 months, it just kind of becomes habit. I’ve taken many more pictures, which I’ll post once I get home and have a better network connection. For now, I’m going to try to get some sleep, though.