Baby & Bathroom!

Well, we've been pretty busy over here enjoying our little girl and still getting some final work done on the house! Molly has had a few first lately - smiling, talking (baby talk of course), sleeping in her crib and sleeping through the NIGHT!! In between all that Katie redid the bathroom (the last room to be painted)! Here are some pics of Molly and some before and after pics of the bathroom!
Before . . . After!!!

And After!!!

Sleepy girl :)

First night sleeping in her crib!Bath time with Daddy!

1 Month Already!!

Well time has flown by and Molly is already 1 month old! We are settling in as a family and enjoying watching her grow. We have been very fortunate that she is a pretty "easy" baby. She has gotten on a pretty good schedule, which allows us to be able to continue on with things in our life :) We took some pictures at home of her for her 1 month "birthday" and some other random pics and wanted to share - hope you enjoy!

Getting some rest Dad needed some rest too . . .

Molly Janelle at 1 month . . .This one is our favorite :) Dressed up for Daddy! Converse shoes and all :)Papa and Gammie gave her these shoes! Look at those chicken legs :) This is the "jail break arm", we wrap her SO tight and yet some how that arm still finds it's way out and flails about!

Visits from family and some cute pics . . .

Well we're on week two and things are going well! We are so enjoying getting know her and becoming a family. Here are some pics from the week . . . ENJOY!!

Us with our niece Amanda and Molly.

Uncle Ryan and Aunt Jenn Molly with her great-grandparents - Grandpapa and Grandma NelleJohn's mom came for a visit for a few days!Mema with her granddaughter.

Molly is laying in a casting that we did in the last weeks of Katie's pregnancy!
First stroller ride!This is a onesie that Molly's Uncle John & Auntie Kim gave her - so CUTE!First swing ride - she loved it!

Days at Home . . .

Here are some shots from the past few days at home and per request some pics of her without her hat on :)

Daddy & Molly resting

The curly cue that was first seen on her way out!

Molly and Avery

First bath at homePics with no hat

The Details . . .

Well we're home, settling in and enjoying getting to know each other! We thought we'd give a rundown of the events of Molly's arrival and some pics to go along with it.

Katie's water broke at 1:30 a.m. on 2/14. We arrived at labor and delivery around 2:15 a.m. Throughout the next 24 hours we encountered many different things: Katie's labor wasn't progressing, so they started her on Pitocen (contraction enhancing drug) to help her along; she labored with that for quite awhile, but nothing was really happening and she wasn't able to have the epidural until she was further dilated, so they gave her morphine to help with the increasing pain; the morphine didn't do too much for the pain but made Katie pretty sleepy; in the evening, they checked again and Katie was only dilated to 2cm, but they let her have the epidural because the pain was bad; the epidural worked for about 3-4 hours and then it began to not work; they gave her 4 booster shots of epidural medicine and still nothing, so she struggled through the next couple hours; FINALLY at 1:05 a.m on 2/15 she was able to begin pushing! Molly arrived at 2:16 a.m. on 2/15! 9 lbs 3 oz 22 1/2 in!

She is healthy, happy, eats well and LOVES to sleep. We arrived home around 1:30 p.m. on 2/16. She had to be woken up last night to be fed!!! She would've just kept sleeping - we are VERY grateful for that!

Getting ready to leave for the hospital.LaboringShe' Here! Grammy, Katie & MollyPapa, Mema & MollyGrampa, Grammy & MollyGammie, Papa & MollyAuntie KimDaddy, Molly & MemaDaddy calming Molly while Mommy sleeps.Getting ready to go home! She is wearing a bonnet that Papa & Gammie got for her. It turns into a hankerchief that she can use on her wedding day!Daddy, safely driving us home.Our friends made this sign for Molly - thanks Sarah and Lorisa!