Sydney's Birth, part two!

FRIDAY

Baby Sydney arrived at 3:20 in the afternoon. Norton is really big on the skin to skin bonding so we did that for the first hour. Chris's mom and my parents left for a little bit while we got transitioned to the mother-baby unit. 

Getting settled in, and trying out the bed. (He stopped smiling when it was actually time to sleep.)

My parents picked up Maddie from school and brought her to the hospital to meet her sister. At first she was a little hesitant.

Then, more interested. 

And now, she LOVES her!  (that's another blog post topic.)

The grandparents and tia took their turns holding her.

The nurses did their assessment of baby girl and gave her a bath. 

Having a baby at 3 in the afternoon sure beats having one at 9 at night (when Maddie was born.) All of the painful uterus checks and frequent vital sign checks are pretty much over before the night comes so we were able to get a little bit of sleep. (translation: about 2 hours at a time.)

SATURDAY

We had a few more visitors (Uncle Cory and Aunt Laura and Kyle and Danielle) that day but mainly spent the day snuggling with Sydney.

Chris had to do a little bit of work. 

Sydney passed her hearing screen!

Sunday

We were anxious to go home on Sunday and were dressed and ready by 9 am! Unfortunately, we had to get clearance from the pediatrician and ob-gyn. After all of the paperwork, we finally got discharged around one.

Last hospital shot

Sydney in her going home clothes. No matter how small the clothes are, the baby is always smaller!

Monday

My grandma came over to visit.

Tuesday

On Tuesday, we took Sydney to her first well-visit check-up. 

So far, life at home has been pretty good! A little challenging, but still wonderful. We've had lots of visitors and are so blessed with great friends and family. We have almost 3 full weeks of meals planned for us. (Thanks Laura for coordinating that!)

Chris was home with me all last week which was awesome. He's back at work and Sydney girl and I are working on establishing our maternity leave routine.