Picture Highlights

Sweet Mei Mei (which conveniently means little sister in Chinese) had jaundice, so we tried getting some sunshine during the day. She loved it! (jaundice is under control now. Thank goodness we didn't have to do the bilibed again!)

It's okay, I won't be mad if you kiss your screen right now. I probably would if she wasn't in my arms. :)

Sugar and Spice

Sofie doesn't so much like it when she cries! The first time she saw me nursing Mei Li she got so concerned that Mei Li was crying and wiggling around, Sofie teared up and said, "Just give her a bottle!" If only it was that easy! :)

Lots of company. Unfortunately Tom was the only one who couldn't make it. :(

Also unfortunate is the fact that the only "family picture" we can take is the one where I just had a freaking baby...

Hospital Stay

Me and m'girls

Lucky Daddy got to go home and get a full night's rest

Like mommy like baby

Is our family really this big now?

So nice.

Mei Li Ann -The first few hours

Mei Li was born on Friday. Hooray!

(pronounced Maylee, like Kaylee with an M. It's a chinese name that means "beautiful")

Just a few hours before going to the hospital...in the middle of the night.

Pumping blood from poor Mei Li's stomach. Placenta Abruption was pretty scary but after pumping the blood out of her stomach she seemed to be just fine. Phew! Any time I can avoid the NICU is a great time. Mei Li was also posterior (which I have found does a great job of making recovery quite uncomfortable) and had the cord tightly wrapped around her neck. All of this could have been a recipe for certain disaster if I hadn't been able to push her out in less than 5 minutes. Thank you to Dr. Jacob who knew exactly what he was doing, and also for distracting me from the reality of what was going on.

Finally, mommy got to hold the baby after a long night of hard work!

7 lbs. 9 oz. 19 inches

My aunt Deena is a Well Baby nurse and I was so lucky to have her take care of me the first shift at the hospital. She got to give Mei Li her first bath and had my room all decorated cute when I got there.

Ready, Set, Go! Oh wait, not yet.

Here's the darling rocking cradle that my dad made for us when we were babies. Perfect combo with the quilt made by Derek's Grandma Sundquist! (my mom and I made the bumper and sheet years ago.) Can't wait! No really, I can't wait any more!

(by the way, I was hoping to have a girl simply so I could have this quilt)

Unfortunately, I still have 2 weeks.

I think Sofie's sick of hearing that the baby is coming soon. But she'll make a great big sis!