Introducing...MAKAYLEE GRACE!!!

We were still at the hospital when I took this picture. We were waiting to be released and this was a rare moment when she had her eyes open.

Sorry if anyone has been anxiously waiting to see pics of the newest member of our family. (I doubt you have since most anyone who would be reading this blog is also my friend on facebook.) Because I am at home for 6 weeks I thought there would be OODLES of time for blogging and facebooking cute pictures of my new daughter-HO HO that's a good one.

When I am not breastfeeding I am sleeping. When I am not sleeping I am attempting to still be a good wifey and manage to get in some household chore before my husband gets home, AND make dinner (how 1950's do I sound??). When I am not being industrious I am breastfeeding...AGAIN.

I seriously underestimated the breastfeeding thing. I am still all for it as it offers so many benefits for mother and child but it has been a daunting task. Not only does it hurt, but it feels like I am doing it every 20 minutes. I know that I am really doing it every 2 hours or so, but that's not what it feels like! Thank goodness it also happens to be one of the sweetest experiences I have ever had in life, otherwise I might be tempted to give it up like so many others do.

Anyway, I know you are probably more interested in pictures of Makaylee than my thoughts on breastfeeding so I'll get on with it.

Shortly after she was born. Love at first sight for Daddy.

He had been waiting for this for nine months.

Mommy and daughter.

I just LOVE this picture. How adorable can one child be? In this picture we had laid blankets in her car seat and put her by the windowsill in her room. She had a small case of jaundice and we were instructed to keep her in as much indirect sunlight as possible. This is her "womb" position, everyone. Every time we had an ultrasound or tried to do that 3d/4d image she had her legs like this and her little hands by her face. So cute!

This is the first time I put a hair accessory on her. I love that the pacifier takes up half her face. She's my teeny little girl!

That will have to be all for now. Makaylee is waking up and I am positive she will want to eat immediately. *sigh* Hasn't it only been 30 minutes??



Hospital Jitters

Well today's the big day. I am sitting in my hospital room blogging. The best part of having a baby in this day and age are the many technological devices available for you to entertain yourself. For example, obviously I am on a computer. We also have an ipod port if we choose to play our favorite tunes. There is a dvd player and tv which we are watching "The Incredibles" on. (We love Disney movies!) I feel very fortunate. Our (me and Colby's) mom's had to sit and watch the clock for hours with little to distract them from their anxiety or their contractions.

But let's back up a little bit. On Tuesday night me and Colby drove in to Tulsa from our home in McAlester because I preferred to be in Tulsa to deliver our baby. (There are quite a few shady stories circulating about the hospital in McAlester.) On the drive to Tulsa as we were talking I told Colby something that had just occurred to me: I've never had to be admitted to a hospital before. Never laid in a hospital bed, never had an iv, etc. And in one day, I will be experiencing all that and more. It was then that I started to feel a little anxiety for the first time in 9 months. On Wednesday this anxiety grew most of the day and peaked last night as reality set in. It was so strange to think that in the morning I would be heading to the hospital to have a baby, that I would be adding the title of "mother" to sister, daughter and wife.

As I sit here though, after having my water broken (which was extremely weird and a tad invasive-guess I'll have to get used to invasiveness) and an IV in my arm I am feeling much calmer. I guess once something you were worried about actually becomes your reality you simply adapt. My contractions are getting stronger but instead of becoming filled with fear about what's to come I am actually filled with peace. I give credit to my wonderful supportive husband sitting beside me, my family members and their endless encouragement, the prayers offered up by friends and family alike, and of course, the peace given to me from my Heavenly Father. No one can have this baby but me, and God has specially designed me to do it.

That's all for now. My next post will include pictures of our new daughter, Makaylee Grace Robinson.