It's hard to believe that Madeline has only been here for a little over a week. It feels like she's just always been a part of our family.
The adjustment has been much easier this time around. It is SO wonderful to not feel nauseated all of the time!
Here's a quick rundown of the week:
I was thrilled on Saturday when I went into labor on my own. I had been having light contractions for a day, but woke up from a nap around 4pm with my contractions about 5 minutes apart. We went to the hospital and had a very smooth laboring experience. It definitely wasn't fun, but nothing like my experience with Gigi. We spent Sunday and part of Monday in the hospital and then headed home. Madeline has been such a happy, calm girl. I really don't know if I have heard her cry for more than a few minutes at a time. She even seems to have her days and nights figured out. Last night she slept for 5 hours and I think would have slept longer, but I woke up and kind of panicked and woke her up and fed her.
The only problem we have had is with jaundice. We thought that she might have jaundice and the doctor agreed so we got a blood test done last Wednesday. It wasn't high enough to treat, but they wanted to follow it so they had me go in the next day. It hadn't gone down so they had me go in on Friday. Again it hadn't gone down, so they had me go in today. Hopefully it will be okay. I feel so bad for my little yellow girl.
It has been so much fun having her around. Luckily Gigi loves her too. She often wants to hug and kiss her, but is pretty gentle with her. The worst thing that she has done is accidentally squirt water in her eye while playing a game with me.
We all love taking pictures of Madeline :)
Last week Gigi was watching Snow White while I fed the baby and afterwards wanted to hold Madeline. Usually she just holds her for about 30 seconds and then says that she's done, but this time she snuggled up to me and I gave her the baby and put my arm around her to hold Madeline's head and we just stayed like that for over 30 minutes. It was such a sweet experience. I feel so blessed to have 2 precious girls.
A couple days ago David came home from studying and was exhausted, but really wanted to hold Madeline. So they took their first nap together. It has been so sweet to see David bond with this new baby.
My mom has been in town and my dad came into town on Thursday night to see the baby so we went ahead and had her blessed at home on Saturday night. We had been planning on doing it at the church, but because she was born so late I was nervous taking her to church. It ended up being a great experience though. We just had family and a few friends over. David did a great job on the blessing. It was so special to have him bless her. Afterwards we had some dinner, compliments of Candy and Tony. Thanks guys!!!!
My mom and dad left this morning and it is kind of weird having our place to ourselves again. Luckily my sister is only a phone call away. It really is great living by family.
9 comments:
What a cute family! Bethany you look amazing, as if you've never been pregnant! The girls are adorable and we are so happy things are going so smoothly! SO HAPPY! You're great parents! Keep it up and the pictures, we love them!
Oh, I loved these pictures. So cute of Gigi and Madeline. She is so tiny and so beautiful and she looks so awake. Keep them coming when you have time. I'd love to see some close-ups of her cute little face, yellow or not! I'm so glad to hear things are going well!
Beautiful family! Madeline is adorable and I'm so glad Gigi loves her so much! You guys are wonderful parents.
I love your growing family!!!! I can't get enough of your new little baby doll. I feel so lucky to be near you at this time in our lives.
Bethany, your girls are adorable! It is so sweet to see Gigi with Madeline. I am glad you were able to go into labor naturally and that the delivery went well. The pictures are wonderful. Take care! (You look great! I can't believe you just had a baby a week ago!)
Congratulations on the new little one!! She is beautiful -
She looks beautiful in her blessing gown! You look great too, Bethany! Recently I was looking at some pix from the marathon we ran together and it brought back a lot of fond running memories with you! Miss ya!
What fun pictures, we are glad to hear that things are going well. It was fun to see Madeline all wrapped up in her quilt.
What a beautiful baby! We're glad things are going so well. We miss you guys!
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