Do I look sleep deprived or what?! Life is awesome...and exhausting. I thought I would post a quick update while I have two free hands (thanks to my awesome Moby Wrap). Audrey is 10 days old today and has already accomplished so much! Her resume is starting to look really good. Among these many achievements, just a few are: overcoming jaundice with daily sunbathing (like mother, like daughter), slapping her Aunt Kathryn repeatedly (she deserved it), managing to produce poo that resembles French's Mustard (goo!), and eating at EVERY possible moment. (We're legally changing her name to "Tank")
John and I are incredibly in love with Audrey and, true to form, I have already blocked out any negative memories of childbirth and declared it to be: "not so bad". For anyone who's interested, I am working on my birth story, but it might take a while to get finished. I'll post it when it's done. Long story short: I woke up to contractions at 4:30am on the 25th, chilled out in bed until John woke up and then declared it to be "Spumoni time" (Anyone who doesn't know, that was our code word for "it's go time" ) I labored at home until about 1:30 when we decided to head to the hospital. The Birthing Center was completely full and while we were waiting for them to get a room clean for us, I went from 5 to 7 cm dilated. After we got settled into our room, Audrey's heart rate started dropping dramatically and they were having trouble finding her heartbeat. That meant I got strapped to oxygen and the doctor declared it was time to get her out of there...to which I replied: "You can just do that?!?!" I don't know why no one told me sooner. Half an hour later, Audrey made her appearance and life has been a blur since then.
Make sure you check the Picasa Album we posted in the last Blog post. We try to update it as often as possible so Grandma Gamelin can get her daily Audrey fix. She has started an Audrey Ann Addicts Anonymous (AAAA) group for anyone interested. Their motto is: "Admitting you have a problem is not the first step if you don't have a problem."
Hope this finds everyone happy and healthy! John and I feel so blessed to have so many caring friends and family keeping us in their thoughts.
7 comments:
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I agree with Joe. By the way Sleep depervation looks good on ya. Glad to hear your all doing well
Man, I already look like that during the school year and I don't even have kids!!! However, I do have a very spoiled and demanding cat...even as I type this post I'm fending off Margot with a cat teaser.
I'm eager to hear the full birth story, but thanks for the short version...it'll hold me over. If you can't tell, I have a severe addiction to Audrey. I'm glad your mom created a group for us addicts.
Well, in good Gillian fashion, you're making this motherhood thing look like a piece of pie.
oops...Richard moment...I meant piece of cake...
Actually, I prefer pie.
Gillian, I really do have an addiction to Audrey...I check your blog more than I check my facebook!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I check just as often. Neeeeed mooooore pictures!
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