Monkey

So Mark is back to work today, and luckily things have gone pretty well. Yesterday we pretty much relaxed. Sawyer did not need to be held when she slept last night, which meant that I got some great sleep, but she still didn't like the crib...so she slept in her car seat pretty much all night. Today I am happy to report that she has now taken two naps in her crib! One of which was two hours, so we're making progress...or she is just adjusting - either way I like it. I don't really have a lot of new pics to upload, but I did take one of her during her first nap in the crib.

Other than that, we may be closing in on a new nickname for Sawyer - "Monkey". She makes these noises that I swear make her sound just like one. We'll have to see if they keep up or not...

Doctor Appt

Well Sawyer continues to do pretty well, although i'm starting to realize she really likes to sleep being held, and not so much in her pack and play or the crib...i don't mind it during the day, but last night it definitely limited the amount of sleep i got, so today we are trying to not hold her while she sleeps to see if that helps.

We went to the doctor this morning, and I'm happy to say that Sawyer has already gained back the weight she lost at the hospital - she's up to almost 7 lb 4 oz. It was still kind of funny trying to get her dressed - yesterday we tried on a nightgown of Alexa's Julie had sent that looked to be the smallest we had...in about 10 minutes her arms were coming up out of the neck along with her head and were in her mouth...needless to say still a little big. So next we tried a newborn sleeper of Aidan's - and it fit! I almost put her in it again today to go to the doctor's but it's blue/green and I didn't want them to not know if she was a boy or a girl. Anyway, so today we tried a different sleeper on and it was comical. I wish my clothes were that baggy on me! We ended up finding a onesie and pants that fit, so we were good to go. Anyway - here's a few more pics. There's Sawyer in Aidan's outfit, an extreme close-up with red eyes that just makes me laugh, and her hanging out. We know she is ready to eat when those hands hit her mouth...

Sawyer's First Day Home

Sawyer Rae Harris was born on September 25, 2008 at 4:48am. She weighed 7 lb 2 oz. We went into the hospital on Wednesday because she was already 10 days late and it took just about 15 hours from the start of the induction till she was born. It all started pretty ordinary - just us walking around the hospital waiting for the medicine to kick in. Things were going well and I got an epidural at 7pm because it looked like we were half way there. Sawyer decided she didn't like the medicine trying to make her move out of her nice warm home and her heartrate kept going down so they turned it off altogether. Things moved pretty slowly after that - but we did get to watch the Cubs game and get some sleep. When they started talking about doing a c-section, it took her all of 20 minutes before she was ready to come out. Smart girl...

The hospital stay went well - we kept being told we had the best room in the house. We had a huge corner room with views of the lake and Michigan Avenue...it was nice, but being home is way better. We had some visitors at the hospital - Kathy and Terry came Thursday and Friday to see their new granddaughter, and Aimee and Jon came to visit Friday night. We enjoyed having them all and look forward to introducing her to more people!

We came home on Saturday, September 27th around noon. The pictures were taken just before we left the hospital - thanks to Aunt Mary for the outfit, and Julie for the hat - many compliments received on both. I was glad I brought the "newborn" outfit", but didn't realize what a peanut she is until I put it on her, and had to roll the pants both down from the top, and up from the bottom, and they still could fall off her if we stood her up. Anyway - it was a relatively uneventful day of getting back to normal - mail, laundry, and ordering in. Sawyer did great adjusting to her new home. It appears that her favorite things to do are eat and sleep - a girl after my own heart. We hope it keeps up. The only really funny thing that happened was that we couldn't wake her up to eat - the doctors told us to make sure she eats atleast every 3-4 hours, or more if she wants it. This is all well and good, except Saturday evening after 3 hours we started trying to wake Sawyer out of her sleep coma to eat again but the girl was unstoppable. I did everything I remember my mom doing to the nieces and nephews - we took all her clothes off, we were tapping her feet, laid her flat on our hard coffee table, and mark even got a cold washcloth and was putting it on her cheeks and forehead. It was our own version of Chinese water torture - The girl would kick us, or open one eye before falling back asleep, and I swear was trying to say, "Leave me alone, I'm enjoying myself." We did that for awhile, but decided to let her sleep awhile longer and she eventually woke herself up, is eating plenty, and is doing great.