Well, the last post was the really long birth story. Today marks her 10th day in the outside world! It seems so weird that someone that we've only really seen for a short period of time, it feels like we already know, yet are still getting to know.
Here's how those days have gone so far!
August 8th: Birth! I think we have this pretty much covered! Born at 4:08pm, we got some snuggle time in the delivery room while everyone was getting checked out and recovered. We settled into a post-partum room for the night (me, Mike and the baby). The night went pretty well, waking up about every four hours to feed and such. The nurses also came in quite often to do vitals and checks and things.
August 9th: Daddy had to run out to make sure Daniel and Jared were picked up and Daniel dropped off to take the bus to school. Afterwards, he went to Babies R Us to pick up a few onsies and a car seat thing. When he got back to the hospital, someone came to take pictures! And we were ready with the cute new outfit. After lunch, Megan and Pilar came by for a visit! Then later in the evening, Daniel and Jared came by to meet their new sister. The night was pretty long, in that Kaitlyn wanted to be held and fed quite a lot.
August 10th: Time to go home! All of the doctors came by to make sure we were both fit to be discharged. After lunch, all of us headed home! Mommy was able to catch a pretty good nap, after having not a lot of sleep the night before.
August 11th: Sunday! Our first full day at home.
August 12th: Monday comes, Daniel goes off to school and Jared to daycare a bit later (where you got to meet all of the daycare ladies!). I sleep in while Kaitlyn sleeps, waking up to make a few appointments. The top one for the day...a visit to the pediatrician! We hit up the office in the afternoon (not with the regular doctor, who was on vacation, but with Dr. Ramirez). Kaitlyn weighed in at 6lbs 5.5oz (a bit down from birth weight, but that was OK). Height was still good (although the nurse measured 19 instead of 19.5 inches), and head circumference (which we didn't know before) was 14cm. We got set up with another appointment for a weight check in a few days. Our other fun for the day was heading to Michael's and Sports Authority...then to Outback Steakhouse for lunch!
August 13th: Outings for the day included Target and Wendy's!
August 14th: Didn't really do a whole lot...Daniel got home early from school, and Kaitlyn spent the afternoon with Daddy while Daniel and Mommy hit up the movies.
August 15th: Weight check day! Increasing a bit from the "low" of 6lbs 5.5oz to 6lbs 9oz! Spiffy! Afterwards we made a trip to Peter Piper Pizza for lunch. Now, as a bit of an interesting aside...Kaitlyn's belly button cord stump fell off! At a week old...now that's really trying to outdo her brothers. After we noticed that it had fallen off, she demonstrated that it wasn't her ONLY trick. Someone tried rolling over, and succeeded! (from front to back). Yep, definitely trying to outdo the boys!
August 16th: Another outing...this time to the lab to get a heel poke for the second newborn screening blood test. Afterwards, we hit up Target again briefly before Daniel gets home from school.
August 17th: Saturday! To get out of the house (for relaxation purposes), we took a drive up South Mountain. Kaitlyn and Jared slept most of the way, Daniel and Daddy did a little exploring at the top.
August 18th: Sunday! A pretty lazy morning, followed by a trip out to Peter Piper Pizza with Daddy's friend/former co-worker Wes. Mommy played with the boys in the game area, while Kaitlyn hung out with Daddy!
So that's the 10 days in a nutshell! Kaitlyn's already been out and about...to the doctor, to the lab, to the daycare, to pizza (twice), to Outback, to Target (twice), and various stores. Already met quite a few people as well...and a new week is about to start!
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