I am 1 Week Old!

Matt and I are adjusting well since being home. He went back to work on Friday and my Mom has been here during the day every day since then as Matt had to work last weekend too. She is also here with Reese and me during the day all week. Next week, Pat will be here with us. The following week, my Grandma Ruth will be here from Abilene to help out as long as we need her. It's nice to have someone do the cooking, dishes, laundry, etc. so I can focus on feeding and taking care of Reese and recovering/resting.

Matt's busy season has started, so he'll be working weekends and nights (until 8:00 or 9:00) for the next month. It's nothing like the hours he'd be working if he were still in public accounting, so we are both thankful for that. He has also been spending his free time getting the house in order as we are still trying to get settled and unpacked. So we are still on the go 24/7! I just can't go too much until I am completely healed. Plus I need to rest when I can since Reese and I get up twice during the night to feed.

We just love our sweet Reese and enjoy each moment with her. Here are some pictures of Reese since we have been home documenting her firsts...

Reese's first favorite cd (also a favorite of Mommy and Daddy) is a mix of Stevie Nicks, Norah Jones, Van Morrison, Rolling Stones, Jimmy LaFave and more. It's actually the cd my friend Megan and her husband Mike made as a favor from their wedding. We listened to it during my labor and then in our hospital room. And now, we turn it on for Reese to calm her. She rests well with white noise and noise she recognizes like voices/music (the other day we had someone installing a fence and hammering right beside her room and she slept through the entire thing).

Reese's first time in her bouncer. Looks like a pirate with that one eye covered.

Reese's second sponge bath, but the first time Mommy washed her hair. She did great when I poured the water over her head; it did not bother her at all.

Reese's first trip to the pediatrician was on Monday; she was one week old yesterday. Mom drove us and I sat in the back with Reese. She slept the whole way there and back. She got a great doctor's report. She has not gained back all of her birth weight yet and weighed 6.13, but she was 20 1/2 inches. She did great when the doctor checked her; she only cried when they weighed her and stretched her to measure her length. I think she also didn't like being naked (I had to remove all of her clothes except her diaper and she was not happy unless she was swaddled or covered up). We go back next Monday for newborn blood work and to check her jaundice. The doc did say that she was looking better and there was not need for concern.

Mom took this picture of us after I dressed Reese. Look at her arms...she does the funniest things and is so cute!

Reese's first visit with Grandpa Sam. Sam had not met Reese until today (1-29-08). She recognized his voice and was very calmed by him. I guess she remembers Mom and Sam's voices since we lived with them my during most of my pregnancy.

Reese's first nap on Mommy's lap in the living room. She conked out in the middle of her feeding. I think she got out of sorts today because we bathed her 30 minutes before her feeding, so she would be awake to meet Grandpa Sam. I feed her at 3:40, and she fell asleep before finishing. She later woke up and finished, but her nap schedule was a little off. Oops!

More cute pictures of Reese this week. She is so adorable!

She loves to be swaddled and is easy to calm using the 5's from the Happiest Baby on the Block: Swaddle, Side, Shush, Sway/Swing, Suck. This makes for a happy baby and happy parents! She's gotten one arm loose here. Hehe!

Her Aunt Meghan and cousin Maggie gave her this outfit. When her Daddy saw her in it, Mom and I overheard him call her his Strawberry Shortcake (the footsies have strawberries on them). What a sweet Daddy.

Daddy saw this outfit on her hutch as it was drying from being washed because Reese accidentally peed on it. He thought it was sooo cute! We'll have her wear it again so Daddy can see her in it.