One Week Old

It is hard to believe that Kailer is already a week old. Time sure does fly. She spent her first five days in the hospital, but the two we have had at home have been wonderful. The first night was a little rough, as she was up almost every hour with a crying marathon from midnight until 2 a.m. Once we got past that, the succeeding nights have been much more calm. She only got up once in the night and Marc and I are averaging about 6-7 hours of sleep. We can't complain:) Since she was a week old yesterday, we took several pictures (I think we were just looking for an excuse)!

Kailer's First Bath

Thank goodness for grandma.

All clean!

Ahhhhh!

Kailer had her first sponge bath at home today. Luckily, grandma was there to show mom and dad how it is done. She seemed to enjoy it. Afterwards, I put her in an outfit that was way too big for her. She may have been swimming in it, but she sure looked cute!

Welcome Kailer Layne Saxton

Kailer Layne Saxton arrived on September 21st, 2007 at 5:46 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She missed her due date and my birthday by just a few hours. My water broke at 3:45 a.m. and we managed to take our time and shower before heading to the hospital. I called my parents and they were on their way. We grabbed our bag and headed downstairs to catch a cab. Almost instantly I started to have contractions, which made the cab driver floor it! Luckily for us there was no traffic and the view of the Manhattan skyline coming over the bridge was beautiful. When we arrived at the hospital fifteen minutes later, my contractions were about 2-3 minutes apart and I was 3 cm. Just two hours later I was 10 cm and ready to push. I pushed for about 4 hours, but she was o.p. (facing up rather than down) and refused to budge. When pushing failed, the doctors said I had to have a c-section. They prepped us for surgery and my parents made it just in time for my mother to go in the the operating room with Marc and I. Never having broke a bone, the surgery was quite frightening and not so easy to recover from, but worth every second because of what came from it:) Because I had a c-section, we had to stay in the hospital for four more days. With lots of time on our hands, Kailer was well introduced to the camera! We finally got to go home on Tuesday and Grandma and Grandpa Amstutz drove us home so that we didn't have to take another ride in a taxi. Grandma even stayed behind for the rest of the week to help us out while I recuperated. Marc and I certainly were thankful!