The Love of My Life

Wow, what a difference a baby makes! Our lives have changed for the better. I have heard people say that you can't imagine loving something so much and it is absolutely true. She melts our hearts every time we look at her!

Well, delivery was easier than I expected thanks to the most wonderful anesthesiologist and OB in the world. The recovery afterwards.......not so fun! After getting the epidural, I was immediately dilated to 7 cm and then 30 min later I was at 10 cm. It was all so crazy fast and chaotic. I pushed for approximately 11 min and before we knew it Aubree graced us with her presence at 1:29 pm on Oct 12th. We were discharged from the hospital on Wednesday the 14th to begin our new normal. Poor baby was a little jaundiced when we left the hospital and it only increased as the days went by. We were constantly taking her to the dr to get blood drawn. We found out today that the bilirubin levels are finally dropping so no more dr visits for a few weeks! I have to say.....she took it like a champ every time they stuck her. She didn't cry a single time!

Every minute we have been home has been a true joy for us. I could just stare at her for hours. I can already tell she is going to be a daddys girl. JD has turned out to be the best daddy ever! To see him with her you would think he was around babies his whole life!

Here are a few pictures of our first few weeks at home

Aubrees first bath. She was not a fan!

She loves being wrapped up in her Pooh towel

Me and my sweet baby girl

This is her most favorite place to be. She will instantly stop crying when JD puts her here.