Charlotte is 2 weeks old!

We have made it 2 weeks here in the Delaney house with our newest arrival! During that time we have had some eventful days and some very non-eventful days. Most of our time is spent napping, feeding/eating, playing with Anabelle, and rocking Charlotte; with a few fun outings and visits from friends thrown in there. My Mom was able to come and spend 3 days with us this week, which was a huge help. John was able to stay home the other 2 days, so I still haven't braved being alone all day. Although I did decide to try out to the grocery store today with both girls by myself. I know this doesn't seem like a huge deal, but I felt like it was a big accomplishment. They took it easy on me, Charlotte slept most of the time and Anabelle was on her very BEST behavior. They must have known that today was not the day to give Mom a hard time.

Charlotte is still up a lot during the middle of the night, so she and I have been camped out on the couch in the evenings. She hasn't made the jump to sleeping in the bassinet yet, right now I can get her to sleep swaddled on her boppy pillow next to me on the couch. During the day we try to lay her in her bassinet to get her more used to it. Hopefully she'll start sleeping in it soon and I can move back to sleeping in bed. Today we went to the doctors for her 2 week check-up and she weighed in at 7lbs. 7 oz.- just 1 oz more than her birth weight. She is on the slow side for gaining weight, so we are going to try and plump her up :) Everything else looked good, and she will go back to the doctor on March 25th for her first round of immunizations. Here are some pictures from our week:

Aunt Kari

Uncle Joe

Aunt Becky

I started pumping breast milk, so John got a chance to feed Charlotte for the 1st time.

Charlotte got a bath, she wasn't very happy about it.

Anabelle was happy to stand on a chair nearby and watch the action.

After her bath we took Charlotte up to her room to get dressed and she was really screaming a lot, my Mom snapped this great picture of Anabelle- apparently it was a little too loud for her :)

All dressed and warm again.

On Tuesday, we had some beautiful weather here, around 55 degrees, we decided to take a little walk.

John even pulled out the lawn chair for a little bit to soak up some sun.

I managed to snap a picture of Charlotte with her eyes open and not screaming.

Our 2 cuties, I love this picture!

Coming home

Our first week with Charlotte

One week ago On February 24th, Charlotte decided to make her appearance into the world. On Thursday the 23rd, I started out the morning feeling pretty good, commenting to my neighbor that it would still be a few days as I was not feeling like Charlotte was coming any time soon. Around 1 pm that day my back started hurting really badly and I spent the rest of the day laying on the couch or in bed with a hot water bottle. I remember thinking, okay maybe she'll come in a few days I am finally starting to feel uncomfortable. I guess I had this opinion because I was very uncomfortable with Anabelle for a long time, so I thought -well that's just how it goes. Imagine my surprise when at 6 am the next morning I was woken up by a sharp pain and my water breaking. I woke up John and we started getting ready to go to the hospital. We called my Mom, who came right over to watch Anabelle and then we drove the 3 minutes to the hospital. Once there, they checked me out and got me all hooked up to machines to monitor the baby. My contractions were pretty close and strong by then, so around 8 am I got an epidural. Soon after at around 10:30 it was time to push. Everything went pretty quickly and smoothly with the only issue being that Charlotte had a short umbilical cord, so they needed to use the vacuum to help get her out. At 10:44 am Charlotte Catherine Delaney was born, she was 7 lbs. 6 oz. and 19 inches long. She came out kicking and screaming and was very alert. She has a lot of dark brown hair, which surprised me, and it looks like she has blue/grey eyes for now, but I know that they can change. Our time at the hospital was spent with visitors and getting to know our newest addition.

Over the last week, we have been taking it day by day trying to get as much rest as possible while keeping Charlotte and Anabelle happy. Instead of taking off a week straight, John has decided to work from home 1 day each week and then take 1 day off each week, so he is home 2 days a week and then my Mom has been coming over on the days when John is at work. The extra help is so appreciated. I am not looking forward to the day when I am home alone taking care of 2 kids on my own, hopefully it won't be any time soon.

Weighing in at 7lbs 6 oz

Bath time

Getting ready to go home, she was not happy to be put in her car seat

Anabelle loves to hold Charlotte

The 1st and only time she has slept in her bassinet, she prefers to sleep on someone instead

1st doctors appointment on Tuesday, she looked great! Only down to 7lbs. 3 oz, we go back next Friday for another weight check