seven whole days!

Here we are: February 21. This means that Alex and I have survived our first week of parenting and Alma seems to be tolerating us fairly well. She got her first bath which she wasn't terribly wild about yet she didn't do too bad with it.

Proof that she survived:
At her 2 day check up we found out that she's a little jaundiced so she has been spending some serious time nursing and hanging out in the sun in order to beat that. The nice thing is that since she has olive-toned skin, instead of the jaundice making her look yellow, she just looks like she has a really nice tan. Way to go Alma! Here's my snoozy baby...

She had her first outing on Friday, and has really been out and about since then. On Friday my mom and I took her to the fabric store (of course that's the first place that my daughter would go to!) and got some awesome fabric to make her a travel changing pad. Since then she's been to Target (also an important first), the gas station (awesome, I know. She was quite a hit with all of the weird gas station patrons. But seriously, there is a gas station right across the street from our apartment and we wanted some fancy beverages. What else were we to do?), out for coffee with grandma and grandpa and today she went to her first chiropractic adjustment. I had no idea of what to expect of an infant adjustment but it was awesome. Helped get her feeling good after having to get squeezed out of the ol' birth canal. Alex is jealous because she went to the chiropractor after only being a week old whereas he's 26 and still hasn't gone. Lucky kid.

So here's a picture of her wearing her hilarious bear-suit in her carseat. She is so slumped over, it kills me!

All-in-all, I think we are very blessed with how well her birth went and how easy of a baby she has been so far. I know things won't always be rosy, but she sleeps and eats like a champ so I couldn't really ask for much more (well, I guess I could ask her to learn how to change her own diapers, but that seems like hoping for a bit much).

Now I have to see if I can rouse Alma and Daddy out of their favorite past-time - Alma sleeping on Dad's lap while he reads a book - in order to accompany me for frozen yogurt. Blue Cow, anyone?

Hello Alma Jay!

Here's a few pictures of our little Alma Jay! She was born on Monday, February 14 (Valentine's Day!), weighed 6lbs and 8oz, and was 19 inches long. As you can see, Dad got to weigh her at the birth center and she loved laying in the weird little hammock thing.

The labor and delivery went beautifully (though I was not sad to have it end. I mean, it was beautiful, but definitely not fun...) and our new family got to head home about 3 1/2 hours after she was born. We're all getting a chance to catch up on much needed sleep and just hang out at home.

We're having an open house for everyone to meet our gal, so if you live in the Boise area we would love to see you at the District Coffee House (5th and Main) from 3-5p on Sunday, February 27th. Hope to see you all soon!