Two weeks old....

WOW! It is so hard to believe that we have been parents for two weeks! Time really does fly! I have a few short minutes while Tori is napping so I thought I could bring everyone up to speed on what has been going on.

The morning of June 29, I went in for a scheduled c-section. We had scheduled it the Thursday before so it wasn't a surprise to us as it was to everyone else. We chose only to tell our parents and siblings because we wanted to be able to enjoy some time as a family of three before being flooded with visitors. The c-section went great, as expected. We had a c-section because they were concerned about the size of the baby (ha!) and because my cervix was unfavorable and they didn't want me going past my due date because of the gestational diabetes and low fluids.

Anyways the day before the surgrey we had to go to the hospital to kind of pre-register and reality really sunk in for me. I was bawling when we left the hospital that day, I wasn't neccisarily scared, but you always wonder what if!

We got to the hospital at 6:30 on June 29 and I had a special nurse there! A friend of mine that I went to school with since Kindergarten was going to be taking care of me and be in the delivery room. It was such a relief because I knew she wouldn't let anything happen to me or Tori and that she would be there to explain everything to me. She prepped me and got me all hooked up to everything and before we knew it they were taking me back to surgrey. Devin had to wait for them to get the spinal in before coming back and it was the longest twenty minutes of my life! As soon as it was in they let him back and it seemed like five minutes later Dr. Reinerston was asking if I was ready to be a mom and I asked if I had a choice in the matter, then we heard our little girl crying! He came and showed her to me and then took her to Jenni who did all of the tests and cleaned her up. Jenni also came and got Devin from my side and had him cut the cord and hang out with Tori. It kinda sucked being on the table with no one to talk to, but I liked knowing that he was with our little girl. After they were done, they flopped her on my chest and then we were off to recovery! As they were wheeling me into recovery they played the lullaby and the parents in the waiting room knew that it was for us. So cool!

Our hospital stay was great, until the last night. All babies lose weight in the first few days, but if they have lost 10% of their body weight it becomes a problem, so a nurse talked to use about supplementing with formula because my milk wasn't enough which upset me, but we knew that it was what was best for Tori. If we hadn't started formula that night we probably would have had to stay another night. To make a long story short we are still supplementing with formula and breastfeeding and pumping as much as possible, which is hard work! As of yesterday she was back up to 7lbs 8oz, so she just needs to gain two more ounces by her appointment Thursday.

Okay I will quit rambling and start posting some pictures!

Dr. Reinerston with Tori. I forgot to mention one of the nurses took our camera and was running around taking pictures in the delivery room.

First family photo!

Not as big as we expected!

BEST NURSE EVER!

Daddy played dress up with Tori before leaving the hospital!

Finally an outfit that fits somewhat!

Ready to go home!

Mocha meeting Tori! She has been great with her!

Talkin on Devin's cell phone.

Watchin Daddy play softball!

I will try to post more pictures when time allows. Now that we are settled in and have somewhat of a routine down we would love to have visitors! Just please let us know when you are coming so we aren't surprised or in the the middle of nursing. Speaking of nursing, time to go do that again...

Thanks for checking in!