2 weeks old!

Here are a few new pictures of miss Paige. She is doing very well and has already surpassed her birth weight. I suspect she's over 7 lbs by now. We are still working on getting a routine down, especially at night...but we're all learning together, slowly :) Feedings are going much better... a lot of trial and error though. She's reached some baby milestones since coming home from the hospital. She is now making eye contact, staring at mom and dad. And she's learned how to cry... a lot :) I'm hoping we'll soon be able to tell what each cry means! Right now they all sound the same. It's a lot of work, hard work....but we are having fun. Just love being a little family.

On a side note...Steve and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary on Monday. I can't believe it's been 2 years. Time flys!! I know the next 50 years or more will be just as great. And we couldn't have asked for a better anniversary present :)

Welcome Paige Jeaniene!

Well she finally arrived...3 weeks shy of her due date. Paige Jeaniene Hanson was born Saturday March 6 at 6:49am. It's a day and time I will never forget :) It's been just over a week since she arrived and I'm sure you all understand why I haven't blogged! We've been a bit busy, but it's been worth every second. Paige weighed 6.5 lbs when she was born...and after losing a few ounces before we went home, I'm pretty sure she's back up to her birth weight. Because she was early, her risk of Jaundice was high and sure enough her bili count was high as well. We had to bring her home on what's called a bili blanket.

The UV light helped to break down the red blood cells that were causing her skin to look yellow. She had to wear the light for nearly a week, and we had to take her in all week to get her blood tested every morning. Thankfully, Friday it finally came down to a safe level and she is cord free. She was awefully cute though as a my little glow worm :)

Paige was born with dark brown hair of all things. To say the least, her mom and dad were surprised!! The labor was long, almost 19 hours but it was the most amazing experience ever. It all started at work believe it or not. I had a Dr. Appointment Friday morning and my doctor told me that I was almost dilated to a 2 and about 70 percent efaced. She said she'd see me at my next appointment which was exactly a week later. I hadn't gained any weight since my appointment the week before so I decided to treat myself to a big chicken nugget meal from Wendy's. I got back to work around 11ish, ate lunch, and then one of my producers stopped by my desk to see how the appointment went. As I was telling her, my water broke!!! I ran to the bathroom, she followed...and sure enough it was the real thing! The news spread fast and by the time I was walking out of the bathroom to call Steve, about 10 people were cheering and smiling and trying to calm me down!! I got to the hospital, Steve met me there and the rest is history!

Paige is a very good eater and she's getting good at waking me up now to feed. When we first got home I had to set my alarm over night so I would wake up...now I hear her fuss and she eats!! She's been a little stubborn today, so I'm hoping it's short lived. Anyway here are some more pictures of baby Paige. She is just a doll!

Full Term!

This week I am finally considered full term...37 weeks! Things have been going very well and the baby is growing, growing, growing. We are now seeing the doctor every week. In fact we had an appointment on Friday and found out that I am dilated to a 1 and 50 percent efaced. So I'm progressing...slowly. It could be a couple weeks or a couple days. I think Steve hopes it's only a couple days. He keeps asking me if my water broke!! Sadly...no. I told him it may not even happen at all. But we'll see! I just can't believe we are on the home stretch! This weekend, during one of my many ups and downs out of bed, I finally realized this pregnancy is going to end. I was beginning to think it was going to last forever! Here is the latest picture of my belly...AKA torpedo. It's sticking straight out!

The baby's room is ready for her and I have just a few more rows to finish on her baby blanket. I'll tackle that tonight. Our bag for the hospital is almost all packed...I just need to figure out what little sleepers to pack for her!! She has too much to choose from :)

We have our next appointment on Friday so stay tuned!