Maggie's First Outing

Today after starting to feel a little stir crazy in the house, we decided to take Maggie for a walk in City Park. It was a beautiful day and she seemed to enjoy it.

Day 5

It's been so great to be home. It's definitely been an adjustment to not have nurses helping out- but we've been so lucky to have our families here to help. Maggie's first night home she cried for a while, however about half way through the night she fell asleep and slept for 3 hours! (Very quickly 3 hours already seems like a lot of sleep to us). Last night (her second night home) she slept between 3 and 4 hours between each feeding. After she'd eat, she'd smile and coo for a little while then be ready for bed again. It was wonderful! We are continuing to fall more in love with her and can't wait to introduce her to everyone. We are anxiously awaiting coming to Illinois for Christmas!

There was a breif period when the nurses thought that Maggie might have jaundice, so we need to do some sunbathing with her to help out. Grandma Grant got her some sunglasses so she was ready for the sun!

Goin' Home

Yay! Our family is home! After all kinds of doctor visits and poking at Maggie, we were allowed to bring our baby home. Our families decorated the house for her homecoming. Once we walked in the door, we didn't really know what to do with ourselves for a while- but it's great to be in a more comfortable environment. Maggie must like it already because she's already pooped twice (in less than 2 hours).

We had a wonderful surprise vistor today...Brady's sister Casey was able to make the trip out here too! We heard a knock at the door and opened it to find Casey in the hallway! It was great and Maggie was excited to meet her other aunt!

One of the things that I find most amusing about Maggie is how difficult she is to wake up. She tends to fall asleep during her feedings and will just smile at me when I'm trying to wake her up to continue. This is a trait that she definately inherited from her dad :) Here's a picture

of them taking a nap- thankfully I didn't have to try to figure out how to wake the two of them up!

Baby Girl's asleepin'

Maggie chillin', chillin'

Visitors

Maggie had lots of visitors last night. All four of her grandparents are now in town and her aunt Emily. She had some of mom and dad's friends stop by too. She did a great job of entertaining and staying awake (better than her mom does sometimes) while her visitors were here. Maggie also showed us a little trick that she probably did while she was still in the uterus... she started sucking her thumb!

She kept us up a little more last night, but was easily soothed back to sleep. Today, mom is feeling much better and even got to take a shower (to wash out my forming dreadlocks). All three of us are doing great and enjoying getting to spend so much time together! Thanks for all of your thoughts and well wishes! We will continue to post pictures and updates! :)

Day Two- So Far, So Fun1

I'm Maggie, and I like to sleep! and poop meconium! (Her 2nd Day Alive!)

After some much needed rest last night, Maggie and her parents are just relaxing at the hospital.

First, a little housekeeping:

Birthdate: Sept. 24th, 2008

Time: 2:43 pm (Mountain Time)

Weight: 7 lbs. 6 oz.

Height: 19.25 in.

Brady has learned how to change diapers, but not put on shirts. Sarah is learning how to feed and CAN put shirts on. Maggie does not like wearing hats. She hiccups, sneezes, farts, and throws up. She's great!

Here are a few more pics.

Oh- and Thanks to all our friends and families for the warm wishes, prayers, kind words, good thoughts, phone calls, emails, etc. We appreciate you all very much. And Maggie told us she can't wait to meet you.

Maggie's Supa Fun Arrival!

Our baby girl's first picture!

Maggie's sure got a lot of attitude! She wanted to come early, then decided against. But then she came back with a vengence and it looked like Sarah was gonna give birth lickity split. Of course, Maggie had other plans, so we had the joy of experiencing a C-Section. Sarah was a champ- she pushed almost 3 hours until the doctors let her know Maggie wasn't coming anytime soon.



Maggie and Sarah are beat! but both doing well. We're getting ready to try and get some sleep. Maggie's got a sweet cone head, big dimples, dark blue eyes, some dark hair and might be a little on the pudgy side.



We love her and are so excited to have her finally here. We'll post more pictures tomorrow, but here are a few more...


The happy family :

Yeah! That's our little girl!

Babys DON'T like mountains

Brady and I went up to Breckenridge yesterday to spend time with Ben and Erin Shepard and Lesley and Chris Turner. There is about a 3000 foot elevation difference between Denver and Breck. As we slowly climbed up, the baby kicked a ton- seeming to NOT like the change in elevation. After spending a few hours at a little over 8000 feet, I started having fairly frequent (but painless) contractions. Deciding that we didn't want to have to deliver a baby on the side of the highway during our two hour drive back to Denver- we left a little earlier than planned. The contractions have slowed down a ton but I've still had several throughout the night and so far this morning. Maybe she's still just adjusting- or maybe things will start to pick up in the next few days. We'll keep you posted :)

More Belly Pictures

After taking these pictures we decided that one of us has been gaining a lot of weight lately... so Brady joined a gym.

Sarah's Belly

We took a picture on the same day each month throughout my pregnancy... here's the almost finished product! :)

1st Entry

We decided to try to set up a blog so that we can share pictures, videos and stories of Maggie once she arrives. We are hoping this will be an easy way for all of our friends and family back home to be a part of our family as we welcome Maggie. We have a doctors appointment today (I'm just about 37 weeks) so maybe we'll have a better idea of when we might expect her. She's definately sitting a lot lower than she used to- now when she sticks her butt out it's in the middle of my belly instead of into my ribs :) Soon enough she'll be here!