4 Weeks Today

Rayna is 4 weeks old today. I can't believe how fast time has flown by. She is actually smiling at us now (but she still has plenty of gas smiles too). Of course she can't hold her head up yet, but she tries so hard.

Two weeks old

Rayna is two weeks old today. Somehow it's seems like she's been around longer than that--maybe it's the lack of sleep clouding my judgement. Anyway, she is doing very well. At her 2 week appointment on Friday, she weighed 7 lb 14 oz. So she's gained a pound past her birth weight.

She and I had our first day alone on Saturday after Nana and Padrone left. We survived. As you can see from the bottom picture, Riley is getting used to the new situation. He is still obviously jealous though and wants to be right in the middle of things.

She's Here!

Well, Rayna Kae

finally decided it was time to come out. She was born August 26th at 3:03 am. She was 6 lb 14 oz and 21 inches-- so she is long and skinny. We were really blessed with a good labor and delivery. John's mom got in at 4 in the afternoon and by about 7 I was having regular contractions. We went in to the hospital at about 12:30 and she was born at 3. I was only in active labor for a little over 2 hours.

Unfortunately we had to stay in the hospital for 4 days (which is why I'm only now posting this). There turned out to be nothing wrong, but her respiratory rate was high and they had to run all kinds of tests. But God blessed us with a healthy baby and I was able to get 4 days of rest in the hospital.