i'm actually as tired as i look

momma and baby share the couch

they're so beautiful. charmaine is such a wonderful new mother.

nekkid kepler!

it's shocking for both of us how little we see of kepler's body. she's always wrapped up in something...at least a diaper but usually a diaper, a shirt, a top/bottom thingy and a blanket. oh, and a hat. always a hat.

kepler getting her nails done

every new parent has told us about how sinister newborn's nails are. they weren't kidding. charmaine filed/gnawed off kepler's nails during one of her 'i'm so drunk from having had so much milk' phases.

more nana and kepler pictures

here are some pics of the og kepler with the new school version. perhaps they're comparing lips...

tons of kepler close ups

you can really see how much she's changed over the past few days (the pictures descend from oldest to newest). she's only a week old and it feels like it's moving too fast.

it's worth noting that the flash really makes her hair show up. in person, you can't really make out her hairline...

mies.

well, mies isn't sure what to think yet. although these pictures imply that he's taking the sylvia plath route...

the many moods of sweetie

her first time with jane's blanket (and her first time in the crib)

jane dalrymple (of ian and jane fame) made this beatiful blanket for kepler. here she is modeling it.

the ehrharts get a few final cuddles in

janeen and charles had to go back up to napa to take care of things (afterall, they had been in san francisco since wednesday). here they are soaking up a few more minutes with the little peanut!

momma's (aka nana) first hold

here's a close up shot of nana holding kepler for the first time. plus, a shot of three generations of mounts.

finally at home!

and here we are! after a not so stressful ride in the car, we arrived at back at our wonderful apartment. we were in the hospital wednesday to sunday.

you can see mies and ebi both trying to figure out just what that fuzzy creature that makes loud noises is all about. you can also see momma holding her for the first time!