Annabelle Madison Rainbow

Annabelle Madison Rainbow joined our family on Monday, 8/3 at 10:43 AM.  She weighed 9 lbs 5 oz and was 21 inches long.  Her head was 36 cm, which is 3 and 4 cm smaller than her big headed brother and sister.  :)  The c section went smoothly and my recovery has gone well too.  We are very blessed to have parents on both sides of our family that are so willing to help.  Joy and Noah stayed with Rainbows in Madison Sunday-Thursday last week.  My mom came Thursday to Friday to help out as all of us returned home.  Peggy came Friday night and is staying through Sunday because Danny had to be back to work on Friday.  He works all weekend because there is a big and important
tournament at SentryWorld.  Then my mom returns to help out for all of next week.  And, we are looking forward to a visit from all of the Krafve cousins the weekend of the 15th and 16th! 
Annabelle is a perfect little angel.  She had her nights and days really mixed up the first 4 days, but just last night she finally slept longer stretches.  She had a slight heart murmur when she was born (Joy did too as an infant), but that cleared up and repaired itself within two days.  The human body is truly an amazing creation.  Feeding Annabelle has gotten better in the last 2 days as well too.  I look forward to being more mobile and independent, which should happen over the course of next week.  And my brain is trying to come to terms with the fact that Joy will start school just two weeks or so after our help leaves.
Speaking of Joy and Noah, they really love their baby sister, especially Joy.  Joy has been wonderful about helping when asked and she has even spontaneously/independently helped with things she has never done in the past.  For example, I got really warm while holding Annabelle yesterday, and Joy hopped up and turned on the ceiling fan in the room without being asked, prompted, or even expecting praise in return.  Noah was more excited to see me at the hospital than his baby sister, which makes my heart melt.  He likes her a lot is showing more and more interest in her each day.  Joy loves to hold her, pick our her clothes, and is super excited to help out with her bath this afternoon too.
Here are a couple pics of our little angel baby.  We are SO in love with her.