first full day at home

we were lucky to have Faron home with us , he had to go back to work on wednesday, so we just hung out around the house and enjoyed our new baby

Brayden took to his role of big brother without difficulty, he loves to hold her.

"Aunt" Shandra and Aislyn

Daddy loving his baby girl

Bray feeding Aislyn for the first time

Like I said in a previous post, had we not gone in early for delivery on the twentieth, she would have been born in this day.. so grateful that we didn't have to wait!

Going home

Aislyn Kate

Day three in the hospital brought us more visitors and another great day with our healthy baby girl. Brayden stayed with Gramie and Papa the first two nights in the hopital. The nurse mid-wife decided I was doing great and could go home that day. So, we planned on having Brayden come that evening with my parents. Before Faron arrived that morning, Aunt katie stopped by and saw Aislyn and I before work. Other friends that visited were Rob and Charity and Manny and Heidi.

We were waiting to see Dr. Orezzoli to come and see Aislyn. He had been off over the weekend and another doctor was covering for him. He was running behind and said we could be discharged without his seeing her, and we would just see him in one week. We decided to head out that night, so got our stuff together. Before we left Aislyn had her hospital pictures taken. These are not what that use to be. They turned out so cute! And we had fun dressing her up. Gramie and Papa arrived with Brayden and we visited for a while. Once we were all packed and everything was in the car we put Aislyn in her coming home outfit and took some pictures.

We left our nurses with some baskets of candy as a Thank you and were out the door and ready to have our Big Brother Party once we got home. I was both excited and nervous to bring Aislyn home. It's been awhile since I've had a newborn and my first time taking care of two kids. But thankfully I have a fantastic husband who is so hands onwith the kids and was such a great help.
We wanted to make brayden feel excited about the baby coming home, without it be all about the baby, so with my sister's suggestion, we did a "big brother" party and picked up a cake on the way home. We had gotten a gifts from bray to the baby and a gift for bray from Aislyn and the exchanged them after we had cake.

Aislyn was awake just a little while we were home and never cried. She just snorts and grunts to let you know she needs something. She is such a calm and sweet baby.It felt awesome to have her at home and the first night wasn't bad. I only had to get up once with her that night and was up early the next morning. It was fun to have her already home on the day I was supose to deliver her( tues 11/23/10).

Day 2 in the hospital

First time getting dressed up

Day two brought lots of vistitors. Uncle Chad, Grammie and Papa and Brayden, Shandra and Skyeler, The singlers, Granny and Aunt Linda, and my co-worker Heather all stopped by to see Aislyn and congratulat us.

Granny's number 19 Great Grand child... she loves her Granny

Aislyn with uncle Chad

The proud big brother

I was feeling so much better after a shower, real clothes, and makeup! I was moving around so well on my first post operative day.. I even made the bed! lol The mid wife came in and said " I guess you'll be getting out of here early!" Thanks to pain meds and knowing what to expect.. this was the easy c-section of all.

Aislyn with mommy and daddy

Aislyn did great breast feeding right away on day one, but day two she got very sleepy and was hard to wake up to eat. But we learned some tricks and were able to get her latched on and eating well. She mostly slept, ate and pooped, on this day. She had her bilirubin drawn and was weighed that night and was down from 8lbs even to 7lbs 7 ounces. her bilirubin level came back perfect. Daddy went home for a better sleep in a real bed, instead of the back breaking recliner and Aislyn went to the nursery where she was well cared for by past co-workers of mine. I had a great nurse, Sarah, who I use to work with on Pediatrics and slept pretty good despite the IV driving me crazy. I will have more sympathy for my patients in the future.

Introducing Aislyn Kate Sanders

8lbs 20 inches born at Halifax Health at 1040 am 11/20/10

after 1st bath

first family photo

my boys and my new princess

Halloween 2010

Well superman was the original plan, but due to two costumes that didn't fit right we came across plan B: CAPTAIN AMERICA!!!!! He fully embraced his character and came up with this pose on his own.

Brayden and skyeler or "wonder woman" : Brayden says to Skye " get down.. and pose"

We went trick or treating in a beautiful neighborhood in flagler and it was perfect weather and the kids had a blast! I was a witch but haven't seen pictures of myself yet, so we'll see if I add them ...lol. Brayden and Skye were adorable and holding hands most the time. It was a successful Halloween =)

35 weeks Photo shoot/ 4yr old pics of Brayden

These were taken towards the end of october, I think the week before halloween. Faron's cousin Kenyon was nice enough to drive up and take pictures of Bray and I. I think she did a beautiful job. Thanks Kenyon!