Peyton Coy Thelin

It hasn't been a week yet, so I'm not too late. In case you hadn't heard, Peyton Coy is here! We couldn't be happier. If you read previous posts, you know we went to see the peri-natologist and they decided she was indeed not getting nutrition, so they induced me on Monday. If you want all the delivery details you can call me, but I'll just write that it was probably the best labor and delivery in the history of the world. The whole affair was 6 hours and 15 minutes, from the minute we checked in to the hospital to the minute she was born. My epidural worked like a charm, I didn't feel a thing. In fact, the worst pain I was in the entire time was when the new nurse (not Debbi or Jessica) tried unsuccessfully 3 times to put in my IV. I still have the bruise to show for it. I pushed 3 times a contraction for 10 seconds each push, and I pushed through 8 contractions total. She weighed 6 pounds (they thought she was only going to be 5 pounds 2 ounces), and was 19 inches long. She has gorgeous, big blue eyes and a ton of light brown hair, but the blondest eyebrows and eyelashes ever, which leads us to believe that her hair will lighten up to match (at least we hope she has matching hair and eyebrows). We stayed in the hospital the full 48 hours that our insurance covered, and we had the best nurses ever (Jessica and Debbi). They made the whole thing so easy and they took such amazing care of me. I really did not want to leave the hospital because they were so good to us! Dr. Judd, my OB/GYN whom I absolutely adore was out of town all week, so his partner, Dr. Gordon delivered me. He was great, but I do have to admit I would have loved Dr. Judd to be there. My mom and Cheyanne made it just in time for the delivery, we held off pushing until they got to the hospital, just in time! They've been here helping us, and let me tell you... my mom is an angel. I don't know what I'd do without her here. I really will have a nervous breakdown when she leaves. Tink loves her new baby sister, but Jade and I decided Tink is hoping she's just a visitor. She's been great with the baby though, and her favorite thing about having a baby sister is licking milk off her mouth. Everyone is healthy and happy. We're starting to get the hang of nursing, which nobody warned us would be this hard. Thank goodness I have the best cousin-in-law/personal nurse ever, who is just a phone call away. Jessica has been a life saver. Peyton has been great. She sleeps a ton and eats a ton and doesn't do a whole lot else. We love when she's awake because she does such cute things. She yawns, sneezes, coughs, makes a "stink face" when she's frustrated, sucks on her hands, makes kissy faces when she's hungry and rooting, curls up into a little ball when you lay her on your chest (she makes herself SO small), and when she startles, she throws her arms out and it looks like she's trying to give hugs. We realized she likes to suck, even when she's not hungry, so we gave her a binkie, and when she sleeps, she keeps her hand on it, palm down, fingers outstretched, like she's guarding it. Our favorite thing she does is sleep pretty well through the night. She usually only wakes up once or twice. She's absolutely perfect, and it's crazy to think how much we love her, even though shejust got here. I'm already feeling the post-partum blues, I cry when I think about her getting big. I'm just not ready for her to grow up, and I want her to stay this small forever. But, we're so grateful to have a happy and healthy baby. She is amazing and we're so in love.

Right after she was born

After they bathed her (I still look stoned)

Proud Daddy

Proud momma

Her first outfit

Our family (minus Tink)

Going home from the hospital

Peanut

Snoozing

Tinker loves baby