Grace Estela Barnett is here!!!

Grace decided to come early and was born on Friday, Feb. 20th at 6:04am. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19 inches long. We came home from the hospital yesterday and are thankful that things have gone really well. The c-section and recovery thus far has been a better experience than my first with Caleb. Caleb has done so well -with family while we were in the hospital, during hospital visits (besides seeing us, he LOVED the hospital food every afternoon), and now that we are home. It is so sweet how affectionate he is with Gracie. He loves peeking on her, holding her in his lap, touching her "black" hair/hands/feet/etc, and telling her to drink "all of her milk!" And all of a sudden he wants to drink milk every time Gracie does - so he has been consuming A LOT of milk these past few days! He has been so good in terms of my time being split between him and Gracie and does not fuss when I tell him that I cannot pick him up to get out of his crib, in his high chair, etc... And Grace is just beautiful. She has thick, black hair and such a sweet face. We love just staring at her. She is such a blessing. So thank you for your prayers and support. We really feel like our prayer requests have been answered, and in ways that are so much better than I could have even imagined.

And yes, we have TONS of cute shots already. Here are a few, and there will be more to come....

love,
Dan, Mel, Caleb and Gracie