Siblings Meet

We were curious to see how the first meeting of siblings would go. We've heard a variety of stories and had countless "suggestions" for the day and weeks following the introduction. We believed Miles, being as sweet as he is, would be welcoming and tender to Amelia.

For the weeks preceeding Amelia's arrival, we talked to Miles about her a good deal. Explained to him that she would be sharing his room (sleeping in the 'baby' bed), that he would get to help teach her how to crawl, walk and someday slide. We practiced "soft kisses" for Amelia; teaching Miles how to be gentle with her.

We weren't sure if we were going to have him visit in the hospital as we were concerned seeing Mommy in a bed in a hospital room could scare him. The option almost wasn't ours as the labor and delivery floor was in lock-down to all visiting children 15yrs old and under. It was lifted the morning we went in for the delivery.

We decided to have Miles come to the hospital and that we'd have Amelia in the nursery, Mommy would be out of bed and we'd all go get Amelia together; letting Miles push her back to the room with us.

The whole visit went off without a hitch. Miles was fabulous and so warm to his baby sis.

Miles shows up at the hospital in the
"I'm the BIG brother shirt" Momma and Papa bought him.

Miles, Mommy and Daddy seeing Amelia together for the first time.

Soft kisses.

(to be continued...its late and we're still short on sleep)

Random Photos from the I-Phone

Don't know why, but we've taken a number of photos using the new i-phone. It's been nice as we can easily email them along, and it is always handy. Here is a collection of a couple of my recent favorites...

Scenes from the Hospital

The good part about a planned c-section, is that we actually had a stay at the hospital, as opposed to the 36 hours we got when we had Miles. It turned out to be quite a restful event with incredibly helpful nurses and a baby who acted like she was supposed to and slept a ton. Tim and I actually left feeling about as rested as we could.

We also loved to have the 4 days to focus on our new little girl and just fall in love.

And her first up-do...

And we're home...

 So much to catch up on, and we'll try to do it, but there are no promises. Last night was Amelia's first night home. To commemorate the occasion, she cluster fed and was up every 2 hours, if not earlier. Needless to say, Tim and I were exhausted today.

We've taken a lot of photos since we brought her home with all sorts of cameras. I've been trying to consolidate all of our sources, but am far from organizational grandeur.  In fact, as I write this, I am hardly making any sense...

Introducing Amelia Louise Reeth

Tuesday at 6:30PM Amelia Louise Reeth joined our family. She and Mom are doing great. Her weight was 6lbs 15oz and she was 19inches long. She rated perfect on the APGAR score with a 9, 10. She's resting happily, waking every now and then to feed, sneeze and cry out. She's eating very well

She has a full head of goldy, redish, brown hair. So at this point, its anyone's guess.

"What's Today, Miles"

"Your sister's birthday."

I am a little thrown off by the whole planned c-section thing, but the good news is that we are finally at the day that Twosday will be born. I was lying in bed last, a little scared about the whole thing, and then realized that I get to sleep on my stomach tonight.... very exciting. I truly have been emotional about everything lately, and as Daddo said, I am totally chemically messed up with all the hormones, which don't help. I think we are most looking forward to being able to look into the eyes of our newest little Reeth. What an amazing thing. I was flipping through pictures from Miles at the hospital last night - I had forgotten how small newborns are - but we get to hold ours in 10 hours.

My surgery is scheduled for 5:30 today. I imagine I won't get up to our room until about 8:00 pm PST or later. I don't know if we'll get a chance to post anything tonight, but stay tuned for more information, photos and posts! 

So busted!

We recently purchased a video monitor for the kids (awww I said kids...plural) room. Mainly to make see how Miles was doing during the transition from crib to his "Big Boy Bed". We really didn't need it as he took to the bed without issue; though have enjoyed checking in on him remotely while he sleeps.

It did come in handy the other day as Miles struggled with taking his day time nap. No matter how many times we tried to get him down, he wasn't having it. Over the course of an hour or so I watch Miles roam around the room while I worked downstairs. Occasionally going up to try and settle him down. I thought it would be fun to video the video and trick Miles into thinking I was coming upstairs again by calling to him and then stomping as if I was going up the stairs (fast).

Sorry in advance for the poor quality - I was using my iPhone to record the little screen on the monitor.

We may keep a camera on him through High School - it takes out all the guess work. :)