Sunday, March 30, 2008
The past 2 weeks...
Here are some sweet moments from the past two weeks since Audrey has arrived. It's amazing how quickly life changes with the birth of another child. We are so blessed to have two healthy, beautiful girls!
Anna loves to help care for Audrey. She doesn't like it when we put Audrey in her room to sleep as she thinks she should be downstairs with us all the time. The first thing she asks in the morning or when getting up from a nap is if Audrey is awake. She's often telling us what Audrey wants or needs and thinks she needs toys to play with. :0)
Happy Easter
Yes, we're a week late in posting this but better late than never. Just Anna and Daddy went to church on Easter as we don't feel it's time yet to take Audrey out and about. Anna was too cute in her Easter dress and hat. She enjoyed the Easter egg hunt at church and was so excited to show mommy her candy when she got home. Mommy was excited to see the candy as well. :0) We praise the Lord for the gift of His son and the hope that we have in Him!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
2 weeks old
This is one of my favorite pictures. Can't believe our baby is 2 weeks old already although we've had some struggles so I'm glad time is moving on. Dr. Miller decided today at her 2 week check-up that she has reflux and has put her on Zantac. We're hoping it works quickly. She's been spitting up more often, been crying lots and arching her back in pain, had trouble latching on to nurse, and isn't gaining weight. We've had some really stressful moments but also some very sweet times when she just looks around and takes it all in. Anna's been a great help, is adjusting well to having a little sister and we're so proud of her. She's "reading" to Audrey in the picture below. I'm hoping to post more this weekend when I have more time. There's lots of pictures and a few cute videos I'd love to share.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Audrey Elizabeth
She is here! Audrey Elizabeth was born on Thursday, March 13th at 12:43 pm. She weighed 7 lbs and 1 oz and was 20-1/2" inches long. No c-section was needed and we were blessed to experience a natural birth! We will be leaving the hospital later today (Saturday) to take her home. Anna is so excited to be the big sister and already talks about baby Audrey!
Friday, March 7, 2008
Grandma Smith
Grandma Smith came to visit last weekend. Anna loves having company! Grandma brought her some goodies which Anna had to dig into right away of course. She also bought her a new purse and hat for Easter and Anna asks to wear them with her new Easter dress every day. She would wear a dress every day if mommy let her. Definitely a girly-girl! :-)
No baby yet...
I've not added anything new this week but it's not because the little one has arrived. Mommy's just tired and ready to be done. I've been fighting a cold and that combined with low platelets and the 25 extra pounds is wearing on me. My face, hands, and legs are swollen but not too awful. Nothing like when I carried Anna thankfully. My feet were huge when I was pregnant with her. We have a week to go until my c-section unless I go on my own before then. I've been dilated 2 cent. and almost fully effaced for a week now. I'm hoping I make more progress over the weekend. I go back to the dr. on Monday and then again on Thursday before my c-section on Friday at 9 a.m. So, by this time next week our second little lady will be here. We don't have a name picked out but do have a list to choose from once we see her and decide what fits. I'm treasuring these last few days with just Anna and I. She's such a blessing and will make a great big sister. She's mommy's big helper already and LOVES babies in case you couldn't tell from previous posts.
I praise the Lord for my sweet little girl who's getting so big! She'll really seem big once the baby arrives. :0)
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