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Gratuitous Cuteness!
Jun. 14th, 2009 05:14 pm
Jun. 14th, 2009
Summary of the Delivery
Jun. 14th, 2009 05:45 pmIs my niece not the cutest baby in the whole world? Of course she is!
I got to help deliver her and all; Raphie held up one of Chrissy’s legs and I held the other. It was amazing and emotional and soooo happy, and it wasn’t even my baby. Fell in love at first sight. Raphie melted like a popsicle in Death Valley. At least he didn’t faint, like he almost did when they gave Chrissy the epidural.
So out came Natalie and there was a big to-do:
Nepenthe: *takes photo of baby and baby’s hand, runs it over to Chrissy so she can see her baby* Look at Natalie!
Chrissy: Er, blind, need glasses.
Nepenthe: *shoves glasses onto sister’s face* Baby!
Chrissy: *Starts crying*
It was awesome and not anywhere near as gross as it’s made out to be. She is such a pretty baby, with the tiniest of eyelashes and a strong grip and squished ears (her nose wasn’t as squished today). I got to give her her first bath!
Natalie and Mom will stay at the hospital for a minimum of 48 hrs in the premie ward, then a full day in a regular room to be on the safe side. Natalie is a strong little girl, so I have full confidence she’ll be heading home on Tuesday.
VomitSound and I went to visit today. I was determined to get Harold and the Purple Crayon for Natalie as her first book. The first Borders we stopped at didn’t have the book, but the one over by Chrissy’s house did. Once I had my copy, it was only a hop, skip, and jump to their house to feed Ichabod. He's been so lonely! We arrived just as Raphie did, so he gave VomitSound a tour of where the house stands since they've been remolding (that project didn’t start off well, but has come along now that they have a new contractor and have been working on it themselves). He’s got some work to do, cleaning up the floors, taking stuff out of the boxes in the bedroom to make room for the pack-n-play, assembling the pack-n-play, putting a mattress into the crib, etc. There’s a lot to do.
At the hospital, I brought Chrissy cookies, coffee, and French fries to supplement the hospital food. While Chrissy nursed Natalie, I read her her first story which was "Harold", of course. Both Lisa and I got to take turns feeding her a little more from a bottle after that. She burped up on me, and pooped and farted in her diaper while Lisa was holding her. Then she was out like a light.
I’m not so keen to have one myself, but I think I like this ‘auntie’ gig : )
I got to help deliver her and all; Raphie held up one of Chrissy’s legs and I held the other. It was amazing and emotional and soooo happy, and it wasn’t even my baby. Fell in love at first sight. Raphie melted like a popsicle in Death Valley. At least he didn’t faint, like he almost did when they gave Chrissy the epidural.
So out came Natalie and there was a big to-do:
Nepenthe: *takes photo of baby and baby’s hand, runs it over to Chrissy so she can see her baby* Look at Natalie!
Chrissy: Er, blind, need glasses.
Nepenthe: *shoves glasses onto sister’s face* Baby!
Chrissy: *Starts crying*
It was awesome and not anywhere near as gross as it’s made out to be. She is such a pretty baby, with the tiniest of eyelashes and a strong grip and squished ears (her nose wasn’t as squished today). I got to give her her first bath!
Natalie and Mom will stay at the hospital for a minimum of 48 hrs in the premie ward, then a full day in a regular room to be on the safe side. Natalie is a strong little girl, so I have full confidence she’ll be heading home on Tuesday.
VomitSound and I went to visit today. I was determined to get Harold and the Purple Crayon for Natalie as her first book. The first Borders we stopped at didn’t have the book, but the one over by Chrissy’s house did. Once I had my copy, it was only a hop, skip, and jump to their house to feed Ichabod. He's been so lonely! We arrived just as Raphie did, so he gave VomitSound a tour of where the house stands since they've been remolding (that project didn’t start off well, but has come along now that they have a new contractor and have been working on it themselves). He’s got some work to do, cleaning up the floors, taking stuff out of the boxes in the bedroom to make room for the pack-n-play, assembling the pack-n-play, putting a mattress into the crib, etc. There’s a lot to do.
At the hospital, I brought Chrissy cookies, coffee, and French fries to supplement the hospital food. While Chrissy nursed Natalie, I read her her first story which was "Harold", of course. Both Lisa and I got to take turns feeding her a little more from a bottle after that. She burped up on me, and pooped and farted in her diaper while Lisa was holding her. Then she was out like a light.
I’m not so keen to have one myself, but I think I like this ‘auntie’ gig : )