Blessing

We had immunizations today, and maybe I'm crazy, sitting here working on a blog when my little angel is asleep, but I really wanted to post some pictures! Miriam looks great, fabulously healthy. No news to report there. I was looking at newborn pictures and can't believe how much she has already grown. She is 11pounds 12ounces and 22 inches long, head circumference of 36cm. She got poked and had a somewhat delayed reaction but then wasted no time in telling us that shots are no fun. The good news: although there are five vaccinations she only had two shots. One of the shots was a combination of three vaccinations. For those of you that are counting you know what the BAD news is. They were out of the Hib vaccination, which means we'll have to go back for another shot in a week or so.

Mirims baby blessing was Sunday, we had a lot of Bill's family here and some of mine. What a wonderful time I had. The blessing was beautiful. Although, I was totally exhausted by the time everyone left at four pm.

In other news I go back to work for WW tomorrow night . . . should only be 2-3 hours, I'm just feeling . . . mixed emotions. What timing eh? Let's hope there are no complications with the vaccines. I know daddy will do a great job at home with Miriam.

Finally the pictures :)

My handsome family!

Miriam and Mommy

What a pretty baby!

Miri and her Auntie Lena meeting for the first time

The Mommy Torture Test

Posted November 17 2007 -
Yet again, when I should be sleeping I am doing something else - on my computer. I'm not sure how long she is going to be sleeping anyway. I've already left this sitting here for 30 mintues because she woke up and wanted to eat.
So baby Cox started out her first week getting jaundiced. Because of this we had to have the bilirubin test. This is where they prick the baby's heel and then milk the blood drop by drop into a little tube. Two tubes if they can help it. Your baby either ignores this or cries. I decided after the first test to nickname it the Mommy Torture Test. She cried and cried and increased the level of crying until I thought she was going to bust a vocal cord. Don't worry - in the process of monitoring the jaundice we did this test THREE MORE TIMES. The second time Mommy was going to leave while Daddy stayed but couldn't leave because Miriam was upset before they even started. The last time Daddy couldn't even be there. Talk about stress. Miriam cried all the way TO the lab and then we had to do the MTT(Mommy Torture Test for those of you whose short term memory is lacking). After a good stretch of feeding/sleep feeding/sleep I feel better.
Still haven't gotten quite used to this whole mom thing yet. One day I'll be able to carry a baby and feed myself. I might actually take a shower in the morning and get back into habits like . .. uh . . . brushing my teeth (I'm bearing a little more than I wanted to here). And maybe I'll do a little better handling the multitude of immunizations and other Mommy Torture Tests in store for us.