Danni's 1st week

She's been pretty good at keeping a 3 hour eating schedule. We had about 3 nights of almost no sleep, since she had her day and night swopped around. Last night was the 1st really good night....fingers crossed for more nights like that. Mommy took her to Wholefoods on her 4th day and we went shopping again on day 6th. She's been great with the outings. She also had her 3rd bath today (day 6) and did not like it much, but when she had her 2nd bath on day 3, she started to smile for mommy afterwards...must have been so happy to be done with the horrible sponge bath. I include a picture to proof it.

April 28, 2007 - Danielle arrives!

In the early hours of Saturday morning Mandy started getting contractions. By 8am they were 6 minutes apart. Liam got a quick bath and we put new bedding on our bed for Janet if she needs to stay overnight. By this time the contractions are 3 minutes apart. We dropped Liam off next door with Janet and got to Good Sam around 10:15am. Turns out Mandy is 5cm dilated and ready to get an epidural...after getting 2 bags of IV fluid. The epidural kicks in quickly and then we had hours of just waiting it out. Very uneventful when you don't feel anything, but it was better than having to endure all the pain. Between 2pm and 3pm the contractions stopped, but luckily picked up again after 3pm. Doctor Wu got ready for action at about 4pm and with 2 big contractions Danni was pushed out...yeah! She weighed in at 7lb 1oz and measured 20 inches. Everything went smooth thanks to our great nurse, Melissa. Willem went home by about 7pm.