She has arrived!

Hadley has arrived! She's here and we are loving it! We never knew what we were missing. She's absolutely perfect with the cutest little cheeks and toes and the prettiest deep blue eyes and the cutest tiny chin and nose. I'm so in love with her. I find myself just staring. I love to watch her so that I can catch her making her endless number of facial expressions. Ten days old and she makes me laugh with all her expressions. And goodness, she favors her daddy. I look at her and see Shane all over.
Right now I think Hadley's favorite things are her hands. She is all about her hands. She is like a little band director. She waves her arms all around with her fingers spread apart like she is directing the band or cheering for the team. She curls her hands into the tightest fists or wraps them around my finger with her strong grasp. During a fit her hands become weapons to her own body. She flails them around and scratches herself up. I try my best to catch it before she scratches herself, but I haven't always been successful. She loves to suck on her hands or during a feeding she has to put her hand up to her mouth. I think she's going to be a kinesthetic learner the way that she loves her hands.
We are so proud to be her parents. It's a stressful, tiring job, but we are so blessed to have Hadley and we are trying to take advantage of this time. I want to soak her up, because she's only going to be this little once. I feel like she has already changed in the 10 days that she's lived. In 3 months she's going to be so much bigger. I just want to cherish her during her newborn stage, just like in every other stage of her life.
Here's our love just minutes after she was born...