How many people does it take to...............

get one tiny baby ready to leave the hospital?  We've all heard the jokes.  How many people does it take to do whatever?  Well, how many people does it take to get one little baby ready to leave the hospital?  The answer is two if they are first time parents.  We snapped these pictures of Rory and Abby getting ready to take Harper home from the hospital.

 

And here she is all ready to leave the hospital and take her first ride in the car.  Or at least we thought she was ready.  Making sure the car seat base was in the car correctly was a whole different ordeal. 

Calling all angels........

Boy have things changed since I had a baby.  Look at the darling pictures they took of Harper in the hospital.  I didn't even get pictures of Kade.  They sent a note in the mail about a week after we were home that said, "Sorry the pictures of your baby didn't turn out".  I was pretty upset.  The pictures (or should I say picture because we only received one pose just in different sizes) of Rory were pretty much just looking straight down at him right after he was born.  They took these pictures of Harper the morning after she was born and cleaned up.  I loved all of them.  She is truly a little angel.  

Welcome to the world......Harper JoAnn Bell

September 27, 2012, a day I will remember forever!  What a wonderful experience I was able to be a part of today.  I was able to watch my first grandchild be born.  Rory and Abby allowed Grandma Julie and I to be in the delivery room when the little darling made her debut.  Words just can't express the joy I felt when I saw this tiny bundle of joy for the first time.  Its a memory that I will cherish forever. Our perfect little angel weighed 7lbs 5ozs and was 20 1/2 inches long.  She opened her beautiful brown eyes immediately and looked around as if to say, "Here I am everyone, are you excited to meet me?" 

This is one of the very first pictures of many that were taken of her that day.

 

We still didn't know what her name was going to be.  As soon as the Grandpas were invited into the room, Rory announced that her name would be Harper JoAnn Bell.  Grandpa Bell started to tear up a little bit when he heard this because his Mother's name is JoAnn too.  I hope that little Harper grows up with many of the same qualities that her great grandmother JoAnn has.  Grandma JoAnn was a very loving and caring person.  Always taking care of others and had a strong testimony of the gospel.  I hope Harper will always be proud to share her name. 



Getting weighed---7 lbs. 5 ozs. 



First set of footprints

First family photo.  How precious!! 



Meeting the grandparents for the first time

Grandpa Bell



Papa Gene and Grandma Julie

Grandma Leesee