The first few weeks of a baby's life is pretty chill. (For the baby anyway...) All she has to do is eat and sleep and poop! Charlotte has been doing these things like a champ! In fact by her recent two week doctor appointment she had already gained a pound! As for me, all I really do is sit in the recliner and feed the baby.
The first few days though were pretty crazy because we had to keep going to the doctor about every day. First was her bilirubin. When we left the hospital, her levels were on the low but OK side so we had to take her back when she was 2 days old to get checked again. Unfortunately, the day before the test she only had like one diaper change so we thought something was wrong. And when the test came back, her levels had dropped to the low range so the doctor ordered us to take her back to the lab to be tested again the next day. If the levels dropped again, we would have to put her under the Bili-lights. We did not want it to come to that so we opened the shutters and placed her right in the direct sunlight of the window to try and help. Fortunately she had more wet diapers this second day. Thankfully, when we took her back in to be tested again, the results came back that her levels were stabilizing and not going down so she was OK. Just to be safe we kept her in the sunlight for a few more days. Unfortunately, even with this small amount of jaundice, her skin and eyes still turned yellow-ish. The doctor said that would go away completely with time.
Then when she was a week old, we had to take her back to the Mom and Baby floor of the hospital to have her hearing test re-taken. She failed the first test when she was a day old but thankfully she passed this second test and her hearing is fine.
After all of these tests, and learning what it is like to be alive in this world, Charlotte has just taken off. She is such a sweet baby and so far really just loves to eat and sleep.
We made our first trip to church on September 18th at just 10 days old. Isn't she pretty in her dress:
The reason we ventured out this young was because it was the Primary Program during Sacrament Meeting and I told Emily and Colby I would be there. They did such a great job in their program and I was glad I was able to be there. After Sacrament meeting we came home to rest. Charlotte did fine and slept the whole time!
Also in the first few weeks we had a few visitors. Here are some fun pictures of our favorite friends, Cousin Calen and Rochelle.
While they were there, they shared ice cream sandwiches with us and snuggled Baby Charlotte. We also visited Uncle Paul and Aunt Charlene. They were so happy to see us especially Charlene. Charlene recently had knee surgery and has had some complications so she has not been able to get around. Because of this, she has not been able to see Stacey's new baby, Charles, who was born a week before Charlotte. When we walked into their house and handed Charlotte to her, Charlene just started crying. She was so happy to see a baby and just loved on her. We told her since she couldn't see her grandson, Charlotte could be an honorary fill-in grand baby. She loved it and held Charlotte the whole time we were there. There is just something about babies that just brightens people's day.
Charlotte sure has been loved at our house too. The kids just love holding her:
She, on the hand, doesn't seem to love all the attention... She tolerates it for a while but then gets really overwhelmed and wants to be done. "But we love her!" they say.
Here are some cute pictures taken on her 2-week birthday.
She almost smiled! The clothes she is wearing were clothes I wore when I was a baby. She looked so adorable and alert I had to get a picture.
A few other fun things going on in our family are making friends and getting awards. The picture below is of Logan and his friend Elliana. When Logan saw Elliana on the way out of the Chapel on the way to Nursery, he said, "Come on Elliana. Let's go to class!" They grabbed hands and held them all the way to the nursery room. As you can see she was pretty excited and so was he! It was so cute. I was glad Marisa (Elliana's mom) got a picture of it because I was wishing I could have. She told me later that she didn't really know if it was appropriate to take a picture during church but she said she just couldn't pass it up.
Here is Colby showing off his Principal's 300 Club sticker. He was caught doing something good at school and was able to get his picture in the 300 Club. At the end of the month, he will get to run in the Colt Stampede as they run through the halls of the school. He cannot wait! Colby was so proud of his sticker that he took it off this shirt and put it on the shirt he wore the next day and wore it to school again. Funny boy.
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