Snuggling in the Moby Wrap

The moby wrap was a big hit with Miss Noelle. She snuggled right in and fell asleep while we were out on a walk.

Noelle's First Bath

Noelle had her first bath yesterday. She was not so much of a fan.

Unlike my Brother

Unlike Brady, Noelle will sleep in places other than our arms during the day, although that is typically her preference. However, Brady never really napped in his bouncer or his swing or his car seat. Noelle, well at least for now, sleeps in the bouncer and her car seat easily.

Brady Meets Noelle

Brady is very interested in Noelle. He likes to touch her toes and when she starts to cry he says uh-oh. He also wanted to play right by her yesterday morning. We need to work a little on being gentle, as Brady has thrown his basketball at her and tried to throw his blocks at her to "play" but overall he's really good with her.



He also offered her his snack cup of cheerios about three times.


He also likes to touch her toes very gently.

Noelle Looks Like Brady

We didn't think Noelle looked like Brady. Most of the time we still don't. But if you look at these pictures, she's the spitting image of some of Brady's photos as a newborn.

Hanging with Daddy

Sleeping in someone's arms is the only way to go



Please note the fact that Sean is beginning to look like a creepy old man with his facial hair.

Sitting on the Couch

First Day at Home

Noelle and me taking a much needed nap.






Our first day at home, Brady wasn't too interested in Noelle so we didn't push it and therefore have no pictures of them together.



More of the milk coma face.

Noelle's Stay with Mommy

When Noelle finally made it to my room at the hospital, I took some pictures. It was a bit hard because Sean was home taking care of Brady, but here's what I've got.

The requisite milk coma face (very similar to Brady):






By far my favorite! Such gorgeous eyes.

Brady's Visit with Mommy at the Hospital

Brady came to visit while I was at the hospital. He had a blast, as you can tell from these photos.














The bad part about his visit - he couldn't meet Noelle. Why you ask?

The stupid hospital had a stupid policy that required Noelle to be monitored in the NICU for 24 hours because I had a fever of 100.4 (cut-off is 100.3) while laboring and they claimed that she could have an infection of some sort. They also insisted that she receive preventative antibiotics through an IV for that time period.

I attempted to negotiate with the hospital but was unsuccessful. The fact that my fever went down on its own was unimportant. Also unimportant was the fact that when Brady was born 18 months ago at the same hospital, I also spiked a fever but this policy didn't exist and Brady was just fine.

The end result: She was fine and didn't need the antibiotics, IV or NICU stay in the first place. I spent a day and night trekking 2 floors to the NICU to feed her and see her. That's really awesome to do immediately after delivery. I'm just waiting for my hospital survey to come in the mail to tell them how awful this stupid policy is. I may also call.

Even better, when our regular pediatrician saw her on the day we were discharged, she was appalled by the procedure and thought it was unnecessary as well. She had no idea why it existed and said she too thought it was not great to give antibiotics preventatively when it was not necessary.