Introducing Adalynn Jane

On Thursday, May 17th mommy was induced.  It didn't take long for Adalynn Jane to make her way into the world at 12:39 p.m. weighing 8lbs 4oz and measuring 19" (officially they say it's 19" but we measured her again at 20"). 

 

  

Daddy with his girls....a curious Biscuit included.  We had Adalynn home before she was 24 hours old.

Big Sister Lauren getting to hold Adalynn before her first night at home.  She calls her "my baby" and always needs to know where Baby Adalynn is.  We don't mind the nicknames but Lauren will correct you if you say anything but Adalynn around her.   

 The official board.  Mommy wanted to make sure we had the information documented!

On arrival at home Memaw and Papa were waiting with Lauren.  Memaw and Papa were great help with Lauren and they even did some housework and cooking!  THANK YOU!

Adalynn enjoying some indirect sunlight in the window.  Unfortunately she ended up with a little jaundice.  Luckilly she didn't have to have treatment as her body started to fight the Bilirubin and pass it. 

 Enjoying some daddy time.

More sunlight....we had to make trips to Oly for 6 out of her first 7 days for heal pricks to check her levels.  Thankfully we are done unless her symptoms change, but our girl's tough and we know that won't be the case!

Yesterday daddy and Lauren made "Daddy cupcakes".  It's a constant adjustment for Lauren as mommy can't give her the undivided attention she once had.  But she's getting used to it.

One week old and on her way to the Doctor.  She doesn't really like the binky and we only use it for extreme circumstances such as she's hungry but mom needs a little more production time OR we are trying to go somewhere and don't have time to nurse OR she has just been pricked by the phlebotomist and needs something to take her anger out on.  But 90% of the time she doesn't need or want it which is extremely different from her big sister.

One week old and bright eyed.  She normally is pretty awake in the evenings and goes down for the night around 11.  She'll be up for a snack between 3 and 4....then up around 7.  So far, mommy feels like she's getting more sleep than when she was 9 months pregnant!

A little grin from our 1 week old.

These are pics I took today.  Sleepy time pics.  Her color seems to be 100x better, but that's probably because we see her every day. 

I said she looks like a doll and Lauren said "Ya, a sleeping doll." 

I'll try to post some baby pics of Lauren at this age soon since I didn't start the blog until she was a month old.  We think they look so much alike.  It will be interesting to see how Adalynn develops and grows in comparison to her Big Sister.