Capri's Cousins - Welcome Claire!

Capri's newest cousin, Claire Peterson, arrived on May 18th (9 days after Capri). We can't wait to meet her and introduce the boys, Corbin & Camden to Capri very soon! Here are a couple pictures of the cousins. Once they meet, I'll post a picture of all of them together.

Corbin (6), Camden (almost 3) & Claire (the boys thought Claire's cry/sounds were funny)

Corbin, Camden & Claire

Pictures!!!

Capri is doing really well! She has been a really good baby so far just needing the necessary naps, feedings and changing. She had her first pediatrician appointment this past Tuesday and she had gained 13oz in 6 days which is great! She has surpassed her birth weight by 2 oz within 10 days. I guess the doctors usually like to see babies back to their birth weight within 14 days. She has passed all of her other tests with flying colors and seems to be in about the 75th percentile in most areas of the growth chart. We too are doing really good. Ryan went back to work this week and is sleeping through the night. Capri and I are up about every 2-4 hours, which has been pretty consistent so I'm napping at least once during the day when she is so I can keep up with her during the night. ;-)

Capri's cousin, Claire Peterson was born this past Monday! They are exactly 9 days apart and we are looking forward to meeting her very soon! I'll post some pictures of Claire with her big brothers, Corbin & Camden shortly.


Here are some pictures (not in any particular order).

The Poser - Week 2

Capri's wild hair

Capri - Week 2

Capri - Week 2 (just to clarify, those are Ryan's hairy legs not mine..hahaha!)

Heading home from the hospital 5/11/09

We're home - 5/11/09

Grandma Mullins (I mean my "older sister" so Aunt Cheryl?)

Grandma & Grandpa Stewart

Capri - Week 1

Ryan & Capri - Week 1
Capri - Week 2

She is finally here!!!!

Capri Stewart finally arrived on May 9th at 2:18 AM weighing in at 8lbs 6oz and 20.5" in length! She is healthy, precious and has a full head of black hair! She is a spitting image of Ryan when he was a baby. He is pretty tickled about his new little "mini me." :-)

I went into labor Friday night at about 9:15 PM and we headed to the hospital at about 9:45 PM. Labor was going smoothly (well should I say smoothly once I received the epidural) and then as contractions got closer and more intense, Capri's heart rate "tanked" three different times. Though it recovered each time, the doctor didn't think it would be wise to continue with labor and risk more stress on her as she neared her grand entrance so we made a group decision to go with a c-section before letting it get to an emergency situation. The c-section went very well and Capri is healthy and happy so that's all that matters. We just celebrated her 1st week birthday today. We've been home since Monday about noon and have been really enjoying our new roles as parents. The lack of sleep is all worth it when she is wide awake and ready to play in the wee hours of the night. We are trying to take everyone's advice to nap as much as possible when she is sleeping. This has been harder to do than we thought but we are working on it and I'm sure I'll have it perfected in a matter of days. ;-)

It's amazing how much more alert she is everyday since we brought her home from the hospital.

Boone (aka Mr. B) is adjusting more and more each day. He is his same laid back self but seems to be moping around a bit and doesn't like me to get out of his sight. With time, he'll grow to love his new little sister especially when she is dropping food on the floor and tugging on his ears. Attached are a couple of pictures we have uploaded so far but there will be more to come tomorrow.