On March 31 of this year we welcomed Bryelle Addison to our family (pronounced Bree-el). Bree, one of her nicknames, was 9 pounds, and 21.2 inches long.
On the morning of her arrival we were fast asleep when the phone rang, it was the hospital asking us if we would like to come in and have a baby. You see, I was scheduled to go to the hospital at 2am to be induced, but the night before the hospital called and said they were more than a day behind, thus I would probably be waiting at least another day until I could come in to be induced. At a week over due, waiting another day did not really seem to matter, so getting the 7am wake up call was a surprise. We arrived at the hospital at 10, got checked in by 11, I got some antibiotics, then around 12:30 they started the induction, but it wasn't until around 1:30 when contractions actually started. Labor was fairly easy going until about 4:30 when I felt like my body was being tortured. I thought back to my long labor with Karsten and said "there's no way I am enduring this kind of pain for 12+ more hours. When I was checked at 2:30 I was barely 3cm dilated so I figured I had quite a while to go. I asked for an epidural but I had to wait until I had a full IV of fluids and someone was free to do it. Around 5:00 the anesthesiologist came in to give me the epidural, it was in by 5:20, a few minutes later the nurse checked me, I was 9cm dilated, I pushed 1 time and I was 10cm, she called the doctor, and at 5:46 after 3 pushes during which I was blissfully drugged - hooray for epidurals - our little girl joined our family!
When we brought her home Karsten looked like a giant. I dropped off my cute tiny little toddler, had a baby, and got a baby and a giant toddler back....this I did not expect. Mommies should warn you that this will happen.
Since her arrival Bryelle has been a terrific baby! She sleeps pretty well, she only cries when Karsten is really bugging her or she is really hungry. She likes to sleep at night - amazing! Her labor was only 4 hours long - wow - and thank you kiddo. She nurses like a pro, also very cool. She is tons of fun to dress up, I love the accessories that I can put on her and all the super cute clothes...I know it sounds like I am a kid but it is so much fun to dress her up, boys kind of have basics when it comes to getting dress, pants or shorts and a shirt...I throw in a hat and shoes just because my kid likes those items.
Karsten is a good big brother, although he does get jealous. He loves to kiss her, hold her, and talk to her. He has tried to feed her, just the other day I caught him trying to shove cereal in her mouth...yikes. He loves to try and pick her up, not so good. He also likes to pretend he's the baby; he puts her binky in his mouth, steals her hair bow, tries to put on her pants and onesizes, steals her blankets, tries to move her over when she is nursing to see if it is "his turn" - which it is not. He is also very helpful. He will get her binkies for me, take her clothes to the laundry (he takes his there too), he pats her back to help me burp her, and helps in other ways too.
We love our new addition, it is as if she has been here much longer than 2 months. We hope you will get to meet her soon if you haven’t already.
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