Has It Been a Month?

Here she is at one month old.

Some facts about the girl:

She can poop with the best of them.

She goes to sleep well at night, but it's a struggle in the day.

She has gained 2 and a half pounds in her one month, now weighing in at 7 pounds, 10 ounces.

Her little head still looks a bit ridiculous in the giant headbands I bought.

I think we'll keep her.

She's a Yankee Doodle Dandy

She's a Yankee Doodle Dandy

A Yankee Doodle, do or die

A real live niece of her Uncle Sam

Due on the Fourth of July (but showed up early)

Now I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart

She's my Yankee Doodle joy...

The Birth...in Short

Here's the story. I went into labor around 12:30 am on Saturday morning. I woke up The Man around 1:00 am to inform him I might be in labor. I spent the next hour in denial until the pain was a bit too much. So we called the Holmes' at 2:00 am to come stay with the Boy.

I spent two plus hours in triage because the woman next to me decided to have her baby then and there. When I got to the hospital I was dialated to about a two and by the time I got my epidural an eternity later, I was already a seven. Holy pain. I was not made for labor. The Girl's heart rate dropped shortly after the epidural. My room went from having three people to about ten people in a matter of seconds. A few shots of this and that along with some fast acting staff and things went back to normal quickly, though. She was born at 6:12 am - delivered by Dr. Duguid, Nurse Tracy, and friend and medical student Stephanie (who had her baby the next day!).

Big brother is happy with his little sister, and so are we.