Happy One Month Day

Eva is one month old today!  Wow, I’m still stuck with the impression that it’s only the end of August (and I’m typing with one hand…getting good at that).  She’s sweet and adorable and keeps us on our toes.  This Mamma/Daddy thing isn’t as cut and dry as I thought….but it’s totally worth it!  I keep reminding myself that I’ll even miss these long nights….right?   Here’s a shot of her taken yesterday while we visited with friends…

Can’t wait for many of you to meet her!

Just a few…

 

The first bath

Daddy love….

Yes, she now opens her eyes…

VERY kissable!

Another bath….I think she had two that day…figurin’ out the diapers.  Hope she keeps that red fuzz!

Eva smiles

Trying out the baby K’Tan.  Love that thing!

A little fuzzy, but she smiled for Daddy  :-)

 

There is a photo of Mom holding me exactly like this…

Hope you enjoy! :-)

A New Adventure Begins…

Here we go!  A sweet baby daughter, a new semester and a new phase of life.  I’m keeping my writing to a minimum as my brain is in foggy new mamma state…

We’ve been overwhelmed by so much support, prayer, encouragement and kindness!  All of you have no idea what your reaching out has meant to us…even if it’s just been a quick “Congrats”.  Thank you!!!   Here are the pictures!

I woke up at around 5am with my first contractions.  We learned a lot in birthing class which helped me manage the contractions in my back and the sciatica spasms when “Tiny” decided to dance…

Yes, we did paint our toes that morning.   And I wanted to keep this day as fun as possible for as long as possible, so we went out to one of Sam and my favorite coffee spots in the city….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, so that was fun….for the most part…in between the back pain and the sciatica….  

Sam’s and my last dinner together…we left for the hospital shortly after this as my contractions were four minutes apart.

Eva never stopped moving during the entire labor.  Though it did absolutely no good, I found myself begging her audibly for a break.  And the above contraption was my IV friend for the beta strep antibiotic…a real drag to have to have four doses.  Thankfully, they “unhooked” me in between. 

After a very, very long evening, night and morning, “Tiny” arrived, though not so tiny, weighing in at around a pound more than the doctor estimated.  Maybe it was all that greek yogurt?            

    

I never could have done it without Sam!  He was an amazing coach!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The line up….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the Millers were able to hop in the car that morning and made it in time to visit Eva in while we were still at the hospital…

 

 

 

 

Dad had quite the adventure driving down but made it that     evening!

And our friend Noah drove over too….

Parting shots….courtesy of Uncle Joe   :-)

Hope you all enjoy these!  More to come….