first

today Anna is 2 weeks old and I decided to try and put a dress on her. So this is the first dress she has worn.

little girl

I have a friend from high school that I found on Facebook who has a company called Bangles and Bows (banglesnbows.com) She makes jewelry and kids headbands and bows and burp clothes, etc. Really cute stuff. She sent this personalized bow for Anna.
I had a fun baby shower that Anna got to come to. Thanks to those that helped with that. It was great to see everyone. Lots of great gifts.
I am really lucky to be in such a great ward with amazing friends.

so...

so we came home from the hospital on Friday night, the 13th. Things were alright. She was trying to eat, milk still not quite in. Getting a little tired because she was up every couple of hours. Then the milk finally came in Sunday night. Doctor appointment Monday morning they tell me she is now 6lbs 15oz, that is an 11% drop and their safe point is 10%. So they had me give her a bit of formula right there, she drank about half and then spit most back up. They took her temp and it was 94. Also not good. They had me bundle her up and wait about 15 minutes and then they checked again. Still no change. So because of her age (5 days) and the temp she had to be taken to the ER. As I leave the doctors office and I am fighting back tears. This was not in my plan for the day to take my baby to the ER. I finally get there and break down in front of the check in lady at the front desk. We get her weight and temp again in the triage area, still low. They take me back and the doctor comes in and begins to list off the tests they are going to need to give Anna. IV of fluids, blood culture, urinalysis, lumbar puntcture (a spinal tap! on my 5 day old little girl) that is the one I lost it on. So for the next hour as they tried over and over again to get an IV into one of her tiny veins I sat there helplessly crying and watching as my little girl cried. Finally Matt got there and I was able to calm down a bit. We were sent out while they did the spinal tap. We came back and they told us there was no fluid so they were going to try again later. Great. Anna laid there under the warmer for some time while we waited. She had to be admitted and we got a room in the pediatric ward and settled in. We had to be there for 48 hours while she got two different antibiotics through her IV that finally went in her foot. She was all hooked up with wires and it was a task trying to not get them tangled as I tried to feed her. She was in an isolette for the night and morning then switched to an open bassinet to see if she could keep her temp up. She was checked every few hours for vitals and temp. Finally all the tests came back and all turned up negative. Oh, low temp in newborns is a sign of sepsis, some kind of infection. But there was nothing. She had even gained weight. Up to 7lbs 4oz when we left. So she is home now finally and doing very well. The doctor thinks that even though she didn't look like a preemie she was acting like a preemie not able to keep that temp up.
So that was the exciting week we've had.
Matt says we thought we got off easy not having to deal with a circumcision this time but she has made up for that now.

she is so tiny!

I am really tired and the food has come in so that is uncomfortable to say the least. But I love having this tiny little baby around. The boys have been trying to help, she screams, Jack says "sshhh, she needs her sucker!" Christian wants to hold her a lot and when he does he wants her to be in a very specific position, "her head needs to be right here next to this arm and she can be on the side of me".
Anyway, onto some pics, she is a bit yellow but the doc said its nothing to worry about.

an early surprise...

this is the short one. just wanted to get one pic up for now. more later.
our little Anna Reese came three weeks early. Here is her little V-day headband.
We are so happy!

Its Done!!

I finished my dresser project. It feels good to accomplish something like this, an idea that I had, found what I needed, did the work and seeing the finished product. I should try it more often. :)
I love how it turned out. So here it is!

the new travel system

I got my new travel system for baby! its funny that they call it a travel system. My new carseat and stroller in the Mulberry pattern. I love it and I even put it together all by myself! I can't wait to take baby for walks in her sweet ride.

my project for baby's room...

So Matt thinks I shouldn't start this but I already did and it is going to look way cuter than crappy chipped up white with nasty old handles. We got this dresser from an old neighbor that was getting rid of it and it has been sitting in our basement until now, since our basement is getting finished! wahoo!, so...I found a cute picture online of a white dresser with different color drawer fronts and that is what I am attempting. I have to paint one more coat on two of the drawers and paint all the coats on the green drawers and then I have to decide if I want to add detail. I already tried once on one of the drawers and it was hideous. So I have to repaint that one. But I have one drawer finished. Here are the pictures. I'll have the finished product up here by the end of the week.

Here is the 36th week...
doc told me baby girl is about 7 lbs now and should be 8 ish just like the boys when she makes her long awaited debut.

I threw a shower for my pregnant pal Geri. It was a lot of fun. I like throwing partys. I couldn't have done it without help from AH and TR in the food and decor departments. Wish I had pictures from the shower but I am sure they are up on the people who were taking pictures sites. I only took before pics.
I am so excited for Geri and Seth's first little baby and my baby's first little friend.


And, finally off my camera, the little baby cupcakes I made.