One month on earth

One month

One month ago from right now I was having contractions that I didn't know would lead to a speedy delivery of baby Jane.


Some info on the little one...
-Jane weighs about 10lbs I'm guessing (Siri was about 8lb when she was 1 month old)
-She likes to roll onto her sides and has a crazy strong neck
-Commonly called: Janie, sister, J-Bird, Janie Bear
-Wakes up 2x at night to eat
-She's got the lungs of a lion (Mark and I have to stop our conversation if she starts crying since we can't hear each other)

We're blessed to have a healthy happy baby and are getting used to having two. I don't really take Jane anywhere; too scared she'll get sick. Siri has spells of jealously, mostly when I'm holding Jane and she wants to be held too. Thankfully Mark is often around to give Siri extra love. Last Friday I took Siri on a date, which I looked forward to all week. We visited her cousins, went to dinner, and watched Cinderella. I probably had more fun that she did!

We're grateful for everyone who has helped and fed us lately, we appreciate your love and support.

I'm thankful for Mark's talent and love for photography!

grandma Carol

Recovery

Labor is the easy part. Not sleeping well for 3 weeks straight and having someone depend on you for food every 3 hours is the hard part. But, last night Jane had sympathy for me and only woke up once. Thank you for your kindness sweet girl!


This morning I went to the gym and then did some yardwork outside with Siri. I love that she loves to help me rake and pick up branches. I enjoy being outside working, being in the sun. I was happy to rake the leaves to find green sprouts starting to grow. Only 2 more months until spring :)

Both kids are sleeping and Mark is out on a 3 hour ride (which will be followed by a short run). I usually log in to work for Backcountry.com at this time if its a weekday. Since its Saturday, I'll hurry and blog and maybe fall asleep listening to my book, The Endurance, on my iPod.

You are NOT the biggest loser

Jane Jane Jane...tiny babies are kinda scary. She has fully fountained up two full feedings, all over me and her, today. It makes me so nervous when they're tiny. She has a stuffy nose too. Mark has been gone all day shooting life events...two funerals and a wedding (hopefully he'll be home by 11pm). Things are just harder when you're alone. I think oftentimes "How did my mom do it?!" Many thanks to LizDanSam who came and kept us company and brought yummy dinner. We enjoyed watching 'Wipeout' too, so funny.

As for her 2 week appt, I'm glad to say Jane is not the biggest loser. My little champ gained a pound and is now a solid 9lbs. The pediatrician says maybe I'm producing whipping cream as opposed to skim milk :). She's proportionate though-height, weight and head size all between 75-85 percentile. Most newborn outfits (like the pink one below) are too short though and she can't stretch her legs straight so we've moved on to 3month clothes.

We bundled up and went on a long walk today. Jane in the bjorn, Siri in the stroller. It was pretty warm actually and nice to get out. It's no beach, but at least the sun was shining.
I love that Siri is not only my daughter, but my friend. I appreciate more now the time alone I get to spend with her. Last night we went to get ice cream (she went #2 in the potty!). When we sat down at the booth she held out her ice cream cone to me and said "Cheers Mom". Love her.

Yesterday I went running outside for the first time in months. Oh it made me so happy! I told Mark that besides getting more sleep, exercise is the next thing that can make me feel better.

One week on earth

Mark and Dr Steve (his oldest brother).

One week ago sweet Jane was born. I love her! The hospital stay was really nice, we love IMC and the staff there, so it was a little (k, a lot) rough coming home the first night. I am amazed and thankful at how well all of us are doing, even Siri. I'm incredibly proud of her. She has been as good as I had only hoped for, but didn't expect. She is very soft and gentle with the baby and hasn't been jealous (yet) when I hold Jane. I took her to a music class at the library this morning, and Mark took her to get an ice cream cone tonight. I hope she knows how much we love her. Aunt Kerrah gave her scraggle mullet a trim and now she looks so cute!

So the short version of the short labor goes like this...5am, dull contractions. I go to the gym and the store. 10am I go visit my dad, still contractions but nothing too painful. About 12:30ish lunch with Siri. 12:45 these pains are getting bad all of a sudden. I call Mark to hurry home, my dr to tell him we're coming, and Liz, to come be with Siri. 1:15ish, I'm walking down our snow packed lane because I can't get to the hospital fast enough. I jump in the car with Mark and by time we get on the freeway on 13800 S I'm in serious labor-uh, what are those noises coming out of my mouth? About 90th south I tell him to call 911. We start sliding across 3 lanes of traffic about 7200 S due to light snow. We FINALLY get to the hospital and I get to a delivery room. 6 minutes later (1:47pm) our 8lb 21 inch daughter was born! Recovery has been 90x better than with Siri. Although it was scary thinking I was going to have a baby in the car, I'm so thankful for the experience and to know what it feels like to birth a child naturally.

She has hair!

Mark got sick the week after Christmas, and then with the new baby he hadn't really done any training. But, he's back at it in this ridiculously cold weather, and I'm proud of him. It will only get harder as his workouts get longer. Some people think I'm a crazy person for 'letting' him do this, but its something I would love to do someday too. Everyone needs a challenge. The challenge in this short phase of my life just happens to be working to get as much sleep as I can and breastfeeding (which is going so much better this time around by the way).

And can I just say how incredible the Relief Society of the church is?! I can't believe how kind our ward has been, especially since we've only been here 9 months. We had dinner brought to us every night this week, it was a huge help and gift. I also am about speechless with how thankful I am to my sister Liz for her help the last few weeks. She was willing to come help me and when I asked her to sleep over with Siri in the hospital, help me with our broken down car (twice), and visit me when Mark was gone working... she was(and is) always there without hesitation. My mom took a day off work on Wednesday to come be with me. Wow, her version of a clean bathroom is so much better than mine. I actually want to take a bath in my tub now. Thanks mom :)

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome baby Jane, we love you!