Daddy's Girl

Completely in love with my daddy! I have the best daddy!

Play Mat...

The other day mom got our my play mat to see if I might like it.. I am slowly starting to enjoy it more and more. I am really interested in my friend giraffe who plays music, he tends to keep my attention the most at this point!

A little unsure about what to think!

Newborns by Lindsey Brittian

A few days after being home our friend Lindsey came to take my newborn pictures. Mom had a few outfits laid out for me but I had other plans! I was good with a few diaper cover changes but when they decided to take my diaper off, I quickly let them know that I was done with the photo shoot! Here are a few that they were able to capture, and I keep hearing mom talk about doing some more herself here soon.. we will see about that!

One day old....

Casey Chappell is a dear friend of my parents who came up to visit us at the hospital. Casey was so sweet and took pictures of all of us. It was a really special time and meant a lot to mom and dad that Casey took the pictures. Casey has been able to photograph mom and dads engagement, wedding, maternity and now newborns... she has been there through it all to help mom and dad have pictures of all these wonderful memories! Here are a few pictures, and a slideshow that you can watch!

Slideshow...

http://www.poiemaphotography.com/emersyngrace/

Here are some pictures of my first 2 weeks!

Dr. Allen and I

Happy Fourth of July

All dressed up and ready to go home!

At the doctors office!

Worn out from the doctors visit.

So sweet !

Daddy and me...

Our Family

Mommy and I

Resemblance???

Mom is in the process of scanning in some baby pictures of dad and her to try and decide who I look like... a lot of people say dad... mom does agree, but feels I most resemble him in the middle of the night.. what do you think?

2 Weeks

Yesterday I was 2 weeks old! Mom and dad keep saying how they can not believe it has already been that long! Today mom, dad and I went to my 2 week checkup and the doctor said everything is looking good. I weighed in at 7 pounds 3 oz. and was about 20 1/2 inches long. I am not a huge fan of the doctors, as soon as I get in there I have to strip down to my diaper and they do not keep the office very warm! Afterwards we had to go to the hospital for my follow up newborn screening and mom said I did pretty well, I think she took it harder than I did. Here are a few pictures of my trips to the doctors...

I am here!!!!

Well I finally decided to come into the world, and let me say, it was quite a trip! I was born on Friday July 2, 2010 at 3:22 pm weighing 7 pounds and 2 oz , and measuring 19 3/4 inches long. Here is a little timeline describing my journey.....

Mom and Dad went to the doctor on Tuesday and since I was 3 days past due, they did a sonogram to get some pictures to make sure I was growing well and that I had enough fluid. They decided to "estimate" on my weight and told mom and dad that I was measuring 8 lbs 2 oz, and that they could be off a pound either way. After talking to mom's doctor they set a date for Friday to induce labor if nothing happened before then, and mom was going to be admitted Thursday night to start some other treatments to help her dilate! Mom was a little upset by this because she was not wanting to be induced, but knew that if she waited longer she might have trouble with labor if I was a bigger baby.

Things started happening Wednesday night. Mom starting having contractions about every 15 minutes and was up all night long until about 6 o'clock when things stopped. Throughout the day on Thursday she had about 2 contractions every hour, but still held off until 8:00 that night to go in to the hospital. Mom and dad got their things together and headed to the hospital for their admit time.

It took a while to get things set up at the hospital, but when mom got there she was already dilated to a 1, and only needed on dose of the medicine to get her to a 3. This all happened pretty quickly and before her and dad knew it she was having contractions every 5 minutes. Mom decided that this was a good time to get the epidural. At about 3 o'clock the anesthesiologist came in to get things set up. They asked dad to sit in a chair on the other side of the room ( but he could still see). As they were getting things all hooked up, I guess dad got a little too excited about everything because he decided he had enough of that and passed out! The nurses ran over to start taking care of him, while they finished things up with mom.

The next few hours, consisted of mom trying to sleep, dad trying to recoup from the "incident" and waiting for me to decide what I wanted to do. At about 9:00 am, the doctor came into break mom's water and see if that would spur things along before starting pitocin. When they broke the water, the doctor saw that there was some meconium in the water and wanted the NICU team to be on-call just in case I needed it. The nurses gave mom one dose of pitocin and I quickly let them know, that I was not a fan. They decided to stop the pitocin and let things just take a little longer. Finally at about noon, things were complete and mom was ready to push, but I still had not dropped and did not want to turn my head the way they wanted me too... So they let mom and me sit there for about an hour and a half until I decided to cooperate. Mom started to push at about 1:30 pm and I was born at 3:22 pm, the NICU team checked me out, and said that I was good to go, and that everything looked great. Mom and dad were so happy, and we were especially happy that dad was able to handle the delivery and was able to experience it.

The few days in the hospital were a little rough, because mom spiked a temperature after her water broke, they gave her and I antibiotics throughout the weekend, so that meant that I got to have a lovely IV and get treatments all weekend long. Our pediatrician was a little concerned and possibly wanted to keep me for a few more days in the hospital, which mom was not excited about, but wanted to make sure that I got the medicine that I needed. Thankfully the doctor said I was doing much better on Sunday and we were all three able to go home later on Sunday night at about 7:00.

Our first few nights have been pretty good, I am a little confused on my days and nights but I know that I will figure that all out soon... Here are a few pictures of my first few days in the world... I hope that you enjoy them, and look forward to hearing more from me soon. I have heard that mom is not the best at blogging so I have already decided that I will be taking over this blog from here on out!