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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Things I'm "not gonna do"

I'm sure everyone does it, we were no exception...we had a list of things we were "not gonna" let Evie do, most people's lists probably look similar, she's not gonna eat junk food, watch tv, behave "like that kid" in public, or date until she's 40 (haha Daddy...I'm SURE she'll stick to that one)...And like all the parents before us who said that, we have already given in on some things and she's not even a month old! One of the things on my list was that she was not gonna have a pacifier, it was going to be hard to break her of that so we just weren't going to let her have one. That lasted until she was 4 days old. During our re-admission to the hospital Evie was particularly unimpressed with the bili-lights and the fact that she had to be only clothed in a diaper and other than that wide open, we also were not allowed to hold her. During that time the nurses were trying to give us ways to calm her down but our girl was not impressed by their efforts and felt the need to let the whole floor know that fact. In an effort to quiet her down so that her neighbors (other pediatric patients) could sleep the nurse's aide gave her a pacifier that had been dipped in sugar water, the first brand ("Soothie") she spit out quickly even with sugar water, the second ("Nuk") has quickly become her favorite toy. Here are a few pictures of her and her pacifier:

Under the bili lights with her goggles


Free of the bili lights but very attached to her Nuk


Hanging out with Papa (Sadie's father) before her first day at church


All ready for a workout with Aunt Alyssa the Pilates instructor via Skype!


Lastly...she was just making sure it was close in case she needed it!





Thank you all for continued prayers, as you can see she is growing at an incredible rate! As Papa has said on several occasions, she's "such a miracle" and truly she is!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Mommy Update

I signed for the first time as someone's "legal parent/guardian"....how weird! There is so much to update on after this (almost) first week of Evie with us outside of Mommy, so many things to be thankful for, so many unexpected blessings, but as all of you who have had newborns know, there just isn't enough time for many non-essentials as we all get settled in!
So this will be a shorter update but at one point I'll give more details on the last week and the labor story that further defined our fiesty little Yankee who came when she was good and ready, not when the doctors told us she would come (and pooped on Mommy as SOON as she came out, when they were placing her on my abdomen - thankfully not before she came out though!).
We have been home for 2 nights in a row now and are so incredibly thankful to not have any medical personnel checking on us. We are thankful they were available when Evie needed it...but even more thankful she doesn't need it now! As one of the nurses told us "it's been nice meeting you, but I hope to not see you again!"
Thank you all so very much for your prayers, love and support! Although Jaundice is common and even more common in strictly breastfed babies, it was still very scary to have our little one need to be admitted to the hospital. We have one more bilirubin check tomorrow to be sure levels are staying where they need to but it looks like we're in the clear with all that and will get to actually start settling in.
We will update again soon, but we wanted to be sure to thank everyone especially for the prayers, as Daddy said "please keep 'em coming!", we have felt them and are all home and healthy as a result of them. Thank you also for the many emails, phone calls, text messages, food brought by, and other ways of loving on the three of us!
We are so very blessed.

Evie and Daddy cuddling

Mommy and Evie "talking"