Baby Notes

We are loving this little one, and having so much fun with her. I was thinking about some things that I want to remember about her birth and this first week of her being a part of our family...

• Mr. Bywater likes to have poop on his fingers, however, he is the best little daddy to our little Princess, and the best husband to his wife...He puts up with feedings at 3 a.m. and helps me get up and down the stairs, brings granola bars and makes sure I eat and drink. He came downstairs the other day and said "I have poop all over me!" he then went out later to clean up after the dog and came inside and said..." I seriously have poop all over me!"
• We are grateful for the priesthood too. We had a little scare at the hospital, our little one had a very low heart-rate. They did an ekg to check out her heart and then kept us at the hospital for the night to do an echo of her little heart. We were stressed to say the very least. We had a wonderful friend that came and helped her dad give her a blessing and things were just fine.
  
• Note to parents: don't loose the owner's manual.
  
• Late nights and lots of crying make your neighbors bring you "welcome baby" gifts.
• Don't listen to Mr. Bywater when your water breaks in the middle of the night and he says "Maybe we should wait for 30 minutes and see what happens"
• Pushing for four hours is exciting, well at the end because you get 18 years with a darling little girl
• Get pregnant and go into labor in Chicago with no family member there except for your husband. He ends up being a great labor coach and loving you more for pushing a watermelon out of your...well lets move to the next bullet...
• No stress makes great babies, and even better parents
• Staying in the hospital for three days makes you go crazy
• Don't let you husband play with the baby monitor that sings computer generated lulibies with your mom sleeping on the worlds best air mattress in the babies room. Said lulibies end up singing to her until 2 am.
• Make sure you laugh a lot. If you need some help I'll send Mr. Bywater...when I am finished with him.
  
• When you breast feed you get a snack at 2 am...DIVINE

We are so happy to be parents! Who knew this was so wonderful... :)