As many of you may already know our beautiful baby Brynlee Kate has blessed our little family with her arrival! She was born January 31 was 5 pounds 12 ounces and 19 inches long. She is healthy and thriving! The delivery went well (thanks to the epidural). We arrived at the hospital around 3 AM and were admitted around 4 and had a chance to sleep for a little bit by the time our parents arrived. Around 7 I felt like the contractions were starting to get uncomfortable so I decided to get the epidural. Soon after my blood pressure dropped dramatically and so did Brynlee's heart rate. The nurses immediately gave me meds and oxygen until I was stable...Cody was a little concerned about it when he woke up since I didn't feel it necessary to wake him during all the fuss. After a couple hours of waiting and having my water broken she made a fast arrival after only 19 minutes of pushing...thank heaven for my sake!
I have had a great recovery and felt pretty much back to normal two days later. The doctors have kept a close eye on Brynlee because she is so tiny, but she has continued to grow and is such a wonderful baby! She is a great eater and for the most part sleeps pretty good. We are in the process of getting her body in the habit of sleeping good at night rather than during the day...this decision was made after two or three nights of staying up with her until 3 or 4 because she didn't feel like sleeping. When she is awake she is bright eyed and happy with an occasional smile. I personally like to think it's because she recognizes me but others may disagree. : )
She has been so much fun for us! Cody and I have been lucky enough to have time off work so we can both be home with her for the first few weeks. It has been nice to just relax as a little family before the craziness of life kicks in. We have also enjoyed all the visitors that have come to meet Brynlee.
Since we have been home Brynlee has only left the house for 2 doctors visits and to grandma and grandpa Pool's and Marchant's houses. Also, this week we gave her her first bath! She was much better than we expected, she actually enjoyed it and didn't make a peep until the time came to get out and dry off. She also doesnt enjoy being lotioned up but she does better if her daddy is holding her hand.
We are pretty sure she has a good sense of humor already since she likes to frequently play pranks on us. She has the mischevious habit of peeing on us as soon as we change and put a clean diaper on her... which is pretty funny for me to listen to when Cody is in the other room changing her and I hear "baby girl! That's not cool!" followed by "babe, can you get me another diaper and another outfit??" It is especially funny when she does it a couple times in a row...although rather annoying to be going through that many diapers within 5 minutes.
All in all, our little family is doing great and we love our new baby girl! We feel so blessed to have her and love being parents!
I have had a great recovery and felt pretty much back to normal two days later. The doctors have kept a close eye on Brynlee because she is so tiny, but she has continued to grow and is such a wonderful baby! She is a great eater and for the most part sleeps pretty good. We are in the process of getting her body in the habit of sleeping good at night rather than during the day...this decision was made after two or three nights of staying up with her until 3 or 4 because she didn't feel like sleeping. When she is awake she is bright eyed and happy with an occasional smile. I personally like to think it's because she recognizes me but others may disagree. : )
She has been so much fun for us! Cody and I have been lucky enough to have time off work so we can both be home with her for the first few weeks. It has been nice to just relax as a little family before the craziness of life kicks in. We have also enjoyed all the visitors that have come to meet Brynlee.
Since we have been home Brynlee has only left the house for 2 doctors visits and to grandma and grandpa Pool's and Marchant's houses. Also, this week we gave her her first bath! She was much better than we expected, she actually enjoyed it and didn't make a peep until the time came to get out and dry off. She also doesnt enjoy being lotioned up but she does better if her daddy is holding her hand.
We are pretty sure she has a good sense of humor already since she likes to frequently play pranks on us. She has the mischevious habit of peeing on us as soon as we change and put a clean diaper on her... which is pretty funny for me to listen to when Cody is in the other room changing her and I hear "baby girl! That's not cool!" followed by "babe, can you get me another diaper and another outfit??" It is especially funny when she does it a couple times in a row...although rather annoying to be going through that many diapers within 5 minutes.
All in all, our little family is doing great and we love our new baby girl! We feel so blessed to have her and love being parents!
Love that little girl!!!
ReplyDeleteCute! I love it! She is such a cute little baby girl!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I remember hearing Josh and the monitor like that, it is so funny and heart warming at the same time. I can't wait to squeeze that little girl! She needs to fatten up a little bit, I am used to squeezing huge little ones :) PS congrats on the first of many posts to come...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! She is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteawe, congrats kristin! that is so exciting!:) i love her name. and she is so cute! oh i don't miss the days of getting peed on and so many outfit changes. lol.
ReplyDeleteKristin, You have such an adorable little girl!
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