Naptime

Maya tried out her crib all by herself this morning:

Maya at Two Weeks

Maya had her two week check-up today. After a wobbly first week (losing weight, a slightly elevated bilirubin count), Maya went gangbusters the past week. In the last 9 days, she's gained more than a pound, and she's now 7 pounds 10 ounces. Here are a couple of pictures of Maya over the last couple of days:

Maya's Friends

At two weeks old, Maya has already had lots of visitors. Here's pictures of Maya over the last couple of weeks with a few of her new friends...

Here's grandma (Tim's mom), who we were lucky enough to have present for the birth:


And the second grandma (my mom), who, with grandpa and aunt Jocelyn flew in the day after Maya was born:


Here's grandpa (he didn't make her cry; he's trying to calm her...):


and Aunt Jocelyn (my twin sister):


Our friends James and Laura have been unbelievably helpful--they took care of our puppies while we were in the hospital, they visited and ran errands for us, and have been coming by once a week to give me a little break. All we had to give them in exchange was some time with Maya:



And here's Maya with mom:


and with dad (watching basketball):


Maya has had a ton of other visitors also, we just didn't catch everyone in a photo. Everyone has been really great, and several people have really helped us out with some chores, food (cookies, specifically...), and even hand-me down baby clothes.

It's a Girl!

Maya Sophia Julien was born at 3:48pm on Thursday, May 10, 2007. For those statistic junkies among you, she was 6 pounds, 14 ounces and 19 inches long. She was 2 weeks early, but both Maya and I are doing very well. We came home from the hospital earlier this afternoon and are settling ourselves in quite nicely. Here is a picture for your viewing pleasure...



More information and photos will follow when we're not so exhausted (so in a few years...).