Her first week...

Very relaxed

Tan Reese...not sure how we had such a dark baby.

SO far a very good sleeper, no need to swaddle or rock, just change & feed!

Sisters

Checking each other out

She just started sleep smiling, LOVE! & I spy a dimple :)

Reese Mikaela Roth was born on March 9th at 9:12 am 8lbs 9oz 21.25 inches at 38 weeks 5 days gestation. Very thankful she was a little early ;) She was very alert right after birth & then slept then entire rest of the day/night while constantly humming. So far she is a great sleeper as long as she has eaten & loves to munch on her hand. Her hair is almost black, can’t tell what color her eyes are yet... she rarely opens them. & She has fuzzy arms/legs/ears :) Raegan has been great with her sister, and is transitioning well with less mommy time. She looks at Reese frequently and says in a sweet little voice “oooooh baby Reese”. Very glad she loves her sister, I was worried she’d be a little jealous initially.

Labor & Delivery

I started having contractions at 3am, Justin came home from his night shift took a quick nap. We headed to the hospital around 7:30. I would have gone in earlier but I was worried about not being admitted since I had not been in labor for very long. They say you should be at minute long contractions 5 minutes apart, I was at 30/45 sec contractions 3 min apart. Very glad we didn’t wait any longer because when they checked me in I was already 8cm, if we waited any longer Justin might have had to deliver Reese on the side of the road. I was too far along for an epidural, so I had her "eau natural". Very proud of myself for getting through it, not an easy feat, especially when you haven’t prepared for it.  A very long painful hour later Reese was born. I’m pretty sure the delivery team's ears were shot for the day after my delivery....I may have screamed very loudly quite frequently...