Monday, December 13, 2010

Happy Two Week Birthday Evie!

Evie is two weeks old today!

These first two weeks have gone so fast. We've had two visits from Grandpa and Grandma Sommers and one visit from Grandpa Jim and Grandma Lucy. Evie is awake a little more every day. We still can't tell what color her eyes are going to be, right now they are kind of a steely grey blue. Her hair still looks dark, but her eyebrows are blond.

She seems to have come down with a little bit of a cold, but is doing alright, mostly just sticky eyes. She gave me a couple rough nights where she just wanted to be held. She slept great, but I was pretty tired. Last night was much better, so hopefully that is a good sign.

Ripley is starting to sleep better too. At first every time she made a little peep he had to go check on her. Now he only gets up a couple of times a night. Dan set Evie on Ripley's chair with him yesterday and Ripley just snuggled his head right around her. When Grandma was changing Evie's diaper Ripley tried to push between Grandma and the changing table because Evie was fussing and he wanted to make sure she was alright. He is taking his role of protector very seriously.

Here are a few more pictures. We still need to find a photographer here in town to take pictures of Evie and some family pictures. Hopefully we'll get this done sometime soon, but it won't be before Christmas.

















If I'm taking this many pictures of her sleeping I bet you all can't wait until she is more active and I post that many more pictures.

Friday, December 3, 2010

INTRODUCING...

Evelyn Abigail


We had a little surprise this week, Evelyn decided to make an early appearance. It seems she has her mother's patience. I woke up at 1:30 Monday morning feeling uncomfortable and unable to sleep. Contractions started at 3 AM so I woke up Dan. Luckily we packed Evie's hospital bag Sunday evening so Dan only had to pack mine. We went to the hospital about 4:30, scared the nurse because of how fast things were going, the doctor got there about 7 AM and at 7:26 Evelyn Abigail was here. She weighed 7 lbs 1 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. Everything went so fast that Dan had a chance to call the grandparents around 6:30 and then call back to say "She's here!"

She was three weeks early, and the nurses were a little worried about here oxygen at first, but after testing they said she was fine. We stayed in the hospital until Wednesday because Tuesday she was so tired she wasn't feeding well. Grandma and Grandpa Sommers arrived around noon on her birthday and stayed until Thursday morning. They were a huge help and made us a nice and filling welcome home meal after all that bland hospital food. Grandpa Jim and Grandma Lucy came around noon on Thursday bringing Dan's cousin Kaitlyn with them. Evie is their eighth grandchild, but first granddaughter, so that was a special visit for them.

Since then we have been spending time as a family and enjoying every minute of it. Here are some of the pictures we have so far...

Dan got to help the with her first bath. (that's not Dan in the picture)