Zoey

It has been almost two months since Zoey Lael has been with us!

She was born March 24th via a C-section around 8:30pm. Her due date was March 19th and we decided to go for a C-Section when their was some concern that I could have some possible tearing of the old C-section scar. I was having a really weird sharp pain and Dr. Deimer advised the C-Section. We made the decision at 12pm and spent the rest of the day in the hospital room, resting and watching TV. We were in the operating room around 8:10 and twenty mintues later Zoey arrived.

She came out crying very loudly. In fact she has a really loud cry for a newborn. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 22 inches long. Zoey was perfectly healthy and took to nursing like a champ. We spent two nights in the hospital and she came home on her third day. Big brother loves her but seemed a little confused to see her every morning. True is experiencing a normal regression, refusing to used the toilet, sucking on his hand and a little whiney when we can't hold him while taking care of Zoey.
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Zoey started to smile around three weeks and is a peaceful, lovely girl. She sleeps well through the night only waking to nurse and go to sleep. She is easy to console and is beginning to enjoy a binky. Big brother also likes the binky and regularly tries to steal it. The past couple of days she has been able to really see what he is doing and she follows him around the room with her big brown eyes staring at his wild antics.

We were very blessed to have much help during the first few months of Zoey's life. Matt's mom was here before Zoey arrived with the hopes of being at the birth. Zoey decided to be very late and she missed her birth but while she was here she was a TREMENDOUS help and blessing to us. My mom arrived a day after Matt's mom went back to Hawaii, she stayed until the day before Easter so she could get back and preach! Lis (my sis from Hawaii) arrived a couple of days after mom left and it was so awesome to have the help. I recovered really well but it is tough to wrangle a two year old while nursing a baby.

We are very blessed and are looking forward to the months and years to come with our Zoey Girl.