[bc-chris]

thanks guys

Reg - i know... that's what everyone keeps saying. i'm just taking lots of pics (she's gonna hate it when she gets married and we put together a 'slide show')

PG - here's my totally non proven theory..... my wife was strapped down for the c-section - arms strapped straight out and feet strapped to the sides of the stretcher. i guess in the past some ladies have freaked out during the surgery (even with the spinal tap knocking out the lower half of their body) making it incredibly difficult for the doctors and dangerous for the baby. once Jordan was out and 'cleaned up' and wrapped like a taco (swaddled) by the nurses they immediately brought her over and put her in my arms so i could show her to my wife. pretty quick after that i had to leave the o.r. as the docs had to finish sewing up my wife. i was with her in a recovery area for probably 10 - 15 minutes... just her and i. i know that babies can't really see for a while so i'm guessing the first real 'smell' she experienced is mine.... while being held in my arms. i was of course trying to comfort her and talked to her and stuff like that. once mom joined us they laid her across my wife's chest skin-to-skin to create a bond, but that initial bond would have been in my arms.

every time she fusses she goes into my arms... the same way she was just moments after coming into this world.

so that's my theory. could be total b.s. but it works for me