A Baby Story...

Who doesn't love pictures and stories of new life? I know I do! Today, for whatever reason, I started looking through some older photographs. Many of you know that I LOVE pictures... I like taking pictures, I like looking at pictures, and I don't mind being in pictures either. So I was digging through some old pictures and came across all the pictures of my niece's birthday... and I do mean birth-day! So I thought I would share some with you because I think they are simply beautiful. The pictures speak for themselves, but I will add my two cents in along the way... I'll try to keep it brief (although I am not very good at that).

My brother and sister-in-law got pregnant with their first and only (at this point) child and it was a healthy and happy pregnancy. The doctor informed them it was a boy - this was a doctor well known for interpreting the sex of babies correctly and even told my brother and sister-in-law that if it was a girl he would "buy it back!" Little did we all know. EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING was blue and boy and sports. His name was to be "Kenneth Allen Stiner, III" and he would be called "Trey!" They had a pottery-barn sports themed nursery, monogrammed everything, all kinds of boy things... but when delivery day came, Bentlee Marie revealed to us that she was no boy - she was ALL girly girl! Obviously we made a mad rush for all things pink, and wouldn't you know that to this very day pink is her most-very-favorite color! Here is my precious niece's first day with us...

(All photographs featured here were taken by my wonderful mother)

Bentlee's first moment with her mommy.

Ken and Sarah study their new precious baby GIRL!!!

They memorize every curve of their sweet baby's beautiful face!

Bentlee and her Daddy - Love at first sight!

After the shock wore off Ken said, "I guess God just wanted me to have a little girl!"

The day after Bentlee was born was spent trying to come up with the perfect name for their new baby girl! The final choice "Bentlee Marie"

She had a head full of dark hair and looked just like her Daddy!

The day after she was born I rocked Bentlee and she stole a little piece of my heart!

I will post more recent pictures of Bentlee in the coming days - now I am all about digging through these wonderful pictures of the only real princess I know!