Bean's First Week

Our first week with Bean went as well as could be expected. We had a slew of visitors come by to meet her and drop off gifts. First were her Nini and Pop, who came down the day after she was born. They were so happy to get to meet her, and they were such a blessing to us helping with housework while we were still at the hospital. Most of our friends came and visited her once we were back home.

Even in the first few days we noticed her personality developing. She definitely likes being clothed, and swaddled up tight. Her favorite place to nap is in momma or daddy's arms, rather than her swing or bouncer.

It took us a few days to figure out our days and nights that first week. However, with some patience and work we got into a good routine. For the most part we spent that first week just trying to get a handle on life with a newborn.

One week old!

Bean's arrival

 Our little bean took her sweet time coming. In fact, we ended up having to evict her a few days ahead of her due date because of my gd and the doctor's schedule.

We went in to the doctor's office for my weekly visit. At that point I was already at 4, but no contractions. So we decided that we would induce me Friday if little miss didn't decide to come before then (which she didn't). 

So in the wee hours of Friday morning, we awoke and headed over to the hospital. After a lengthy check in process (apparently it was a busy time of year for having babies), we got settled into our room in L&D. The on-call ob did one final ultra sound to make sure Bean was in the right position and give us a weight estimate.

Even with how far along I was to start, labor and delivery took quite some time. 13 hours after the initial induction we were finally blessed with the arrival of our little girl. She was a healthy 7 lbs 11 oz and 20 in long.

Needless to say, I was exhausted and starving by the time it was over. A good friend brought us food that night. I couldn't really eat much, even though I really wanted to. Then around 2 am we got moved from our room in L&D to our postpartum room, and our Bean joined us a little later.

Because of some minor complications from the delivery, I ended up having to stay in the hospital a little longer than anticipated. In the end, I'm glad for that though because Bean ended up having some borderline bilirubin levels that we had to treat with photo-therapy. We spent a total of 2 and a half days (from time of check-in to discharge). Once we were both cleared, we packed up and headed home to start life as a family.

Thanksgiving, Ren Fest and Aggie Football

I'm long overdue for some updates. Few things have been keeping me busy of late.

We enjoyed a nice, quiet Thanksgiving weekend with my folks. I did so well with controlling my gd that my doc gave me a two day grace period for Thanksgiving. So Thursday and Friday I was able to eat what I wanted and not have to check my glucose. It was wonderful :)

Thursday was full of yummy foods, football and lazing around. Then Friday Beau and I headed over to Plantersville to spend the day at the Texas Renaissance Festival. I'm glad we didn't get to go previously because I didn't have to worry about what I ate or testing while at the faire. For the most part we had a lot of fun, I just could have done without the bee sting. Thankfully I'm not allergic. 

Rudy, my folks' beagle

Friday night, the folks took us to Santa's Wonderland to see the lights. It was fun to drive through.

Saturday night we all headed to watch the Fightin' Texas Aggie football team btho mizzou. It was great being back in Aggieland and at Kyle Field. Little Bean got her first taste of growing up Aggie. Sadly, we had to leave the game early to head back home so I could be at work on Sunday. Thankfully though we were ahead, so it didn't matter much that we missed the last quarter.

Beau and I outside the Zone