One week old!!!!

Sydney's one week old today (Friday) and such a cutie!!! Alaura LOVES her soooo much. Sometimes a little too much :) We made our first trip out of the house with all four of us on Monday for Sydney's first check up. When we left the hospital the pediatrician was afraid that Sydney looked like she had Jaundice. But we were able to leave the apt with a clean bill of health. She lost 8 ounces, just like Alaura, but I'm not worried...She LOVES to nurse!!!! So I'm sure she'll put the weight on pretty quickly. Speaking of nursing...my milk came in on Monday (day 3) and I was sooooo engorged. Any one know how to deal with that? I don't remember it being as much of a problem with Alaura.

Today Sydney went with me to get some blood work done. I'm hoping to finally get this Kidney stone taken care of. It's been horrible and I'm so ready to be done. Monday I'm getting a CT scan to see where the stone is and stuff. I have an apt with the urologist on Feb. 12. It's nice to see the end of all of this though.

I'll do another post with my labor and delivery story. It'll be a while before I can refer to it a a "funny story" as Camie called it, but I'm very happy that it's over and Sydney's healthy.

For now I'll try and catch up on the last week.

HOSPITAL

Day 1

Sydney the ghost. This is the first picture we got of her :( After you read the delivery story you'll know why, but we don't have the first few moments of her life, laying on me or getting the cord cut...but that's ok

When she was born the cord wrapped loosely around her neck and this knot was in the cord. Apparently she swam through it and it got tied into a knot. Luckily it didn't cause any harm.

8 Pounds 8 ounces!!!!

Mommy and Sydney

Alaura seeing Sydney for the first time

Mimi and Papa

The baby doll Sydney gave Alaura (she takes it everywhere and even nurses her)

Landon and Amanda. Alaura had a sleepover with them when we checked into the hospital.

Our first family picture

Daddy and Sydney

Aunt Camie and Sydney
Pretty in Pink

Leyna checking out Sydney


Here she is with the bunny that Alaura got for her, and the hat Grammy made for her.
COMING HOME
Day 2
Getting ready to come home!!!

The beautiful flowers Eric gave me!!!

HOME
Day 3

Alaura likes to help out...look at the toys she's helping Sydney play with!!!!

Sydney's first bath

She really liked it.

Alaura helping

Day4

Sydney loves her hands out of her blanket (just like Alaura)

Day 5

Getting ready for bed

Day 6

Alaura's Olympics stuff from Pre school.

Day 7

Hanging out at Mimi and Papa's Can you tell how much Alaura loves her baby sister?

Day 8

My little bunny after her bath
Aren't they too cute!!!!

Sydney LOVES to lay in front of the fire place naked or at least with her diaper off

Look who's one week old!!!!

Sydney's Here!!!

Here's a video of Sydney about an hour or so after she was born

Sydney was born yesterday!!! This is Brooke's sister, Camie. I know everyone is anxious to see pics so wanted to post some since Brooke probably isn't feeling up to doing that right now. Sydney was born at 6:12 AM Friday January 16, 2009. She came a lot sooner than everyone had anticipated, even the doctor...funny story, but I will let Brooke tell you all about it when she is doing better. Sydney weighed 8lbs. 8oz. and is 21in. She has round chubby cheeks and a head full of hair. She just keeps getting cuter and cuter by the minute. I don't have a lot of pics cus I was taking most of the pictures on their cameras. Here's what I have though...

Alaura loves her so much and was ready to start playing with her. =0)
What a proud Daddy!

Alaura and Leyna can't wait till Sydney gets to join in the fun and play with them.

Leyna was pretty interested in Sydney. They are gonna be such good friends when they get older. Only 7 1/2 months between the two.

Auntie Camie

Proud Mommy and Daddy. Happy their little miracle baby is finally here.

We all couldn't get enough of her. She is so precious. Here's a cute little video of her.