The first week...

So the first week home from the hospital has been pretty good. I was a little worried at first that I was not going to have a very good sleeper, but she has proved me wrong...so far! The last couple nights I have had to wake her up to eat because I was dying. She has been so much fun to have home and Mylie can't stop loving her. Mylie has been a big help. Every time she hears Shaylie grunting or pooping she runs to get a diaper. The first couple days were rough for us though...She had high bilirubin levels and had to be under lights for 3 days. It was heartbreaking to see her in there and poor Mylie couldn't even look at her sister. But the levels are back to normal and she is a doll. We are adjusting to being a family of four now, and Chris has been super helpful. I am not looking forward to school starting for him. I am not ready to be a single mom of 2. Here are some pictures of some of our weeks events.

Shaylie 1 week old

Shaylie's first at home bath

Great Grandma Fitch (95 Years Old)

Awful Bili Lights...

We made Brownies for Aunt Jenn's Birthday...Mylie LOVED it!

SHAYLIE IS HERE!!!!

Well our sweet little baby girl Shaylie Mann was born yesterday at 3:28pm. She weighed in at 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long. She was born with a HEALTHY set of lungs and screamed for 2 hours straight....

So here is the story...If you don't want to read it, just skip this part and go straight to the pictures. We walked into the hospital on Monday morning at 7:00 am and got all hooked up and was put on pitocin by 7:30. I was on antibiotics and they wouldn't break my water until I had had the antibiotics for 4 hours. So when my Doctor came back in, it was 12:15. I was dilated to a 2 and when he broke my water I went immediatley to a 4. I was super excited because I was SURE that it was going to go fast from there. So my nurse said she would come back in 2 hours and check me again...

In the meantime, Karlie, Nancy, & Chris were all in the room with me and we were talking to my parents on Skype. Karlie and I were laughing hysterically at EVERYTHING, but mostly we were just having a good time with my mama. So the time went pretty quick, and my nurse came back in at 2:15 for my check...She told me I was still at a 4! I immediately went from the happiest person to a pretty down in the dumps girl... So the routine is....She'll come back in 2 more hours for another check. At 3:15, my nurse came in to change my antibiotic and I told her that I was filling a little pressure and maybe she could check me sooner. She kinda looked at me like I was crazy but agreed to at least check. I told her that if I had not changed, then don't tell me and just come back in an hour.

So she checked me and told me I was at a 2...She was just teasing....and then told me that I was at a 10. I figured that she was kidding again, and I asked her again what I was at. She assured me she was not kidding and went to get my doctor. I was dying. It went so quick we were scrambling getting cameras out and ready. My doctor arrived at 3:24 and on my first contraction I pushed a set out 3 and a 4th for good luck and Shaylie was out by 3:28. It was amazing!

So now that the story is over...here are the pictures...

The Day of Delivery

Dr. Ollerton....Love Him...

My parents were there for the delivery...from ARGENTINA!!

Family of Four...Mylie is a little unsure of this

Mylie meeting Shaylie for the first time.

Elyza & Shaylie...7 weeks apart cousies...

Mama's girls!

Independence Day!!!

We love the 4th of July...in fact, I am willing to say that it is my favorite holiday. I love to get up and go see the parade...fight the traffic, enjoy the heat 9 months pregnant, have family BBQ's, Swim, you know just everything that goes with the 4th. This year was no exception. Chris wasn't a fan of going to the parade because we were so TIRED from the BBQ and Boating trip from the day before. But we went and we all had a GREAT time. I even got a little emotional when the military families come by...Partly pregnancy but mostly from my mission. We stopped at my parents to get some chairs because our neighbors had borrowed ours and it worked out great because we got the easy-up shade and Chris was the HERO for bringing that. It rained a little on our parade...(haha) and so it came in handy with the sun and the rain. After we went to a family BBQ with the Mann's and had fun as usual. Then we came home to put Mylie down for a nap and we all crashed and were out for 3 hours. When we finally decided to get up...We were going to go hang out with Jenn and Grammy Mann for fireworks, so we gabbed a hot n' ready pizza and enjoyed the rest of the evening. Mylie was not a fan of the fireworks...it was Hilarious!

Family Pic

The Whole Gang

Boston in the Air throwing a POP

Cute Savy

Mylie holding Lyza

Cute My's

Mylie was scared to death of the sparklers holding on for dear life to Jenn's Leg!

Some neighbors came over...so Mylie joined them

3rd of July Festivities....

Well since Chris got the day off on the 3rd, we decided to start all the festivities of the 4th early. By today, the 6th, we are exhausted and are starting to feel it. We had a great 4th and fun with lots of family. Here are some of the boating pictures we took on the 3rd. We all had such a great time.

My's enjoying her cracker

The Girls...

Anth Wakeboarding

Chris gettin some air

Jenn's Mad SkillsAddie loved driving

Ports was awesome!

Kamri in grammy's shades

Mylie on Flag Duty