Introducing...

Elizabeth Anne 

Born March 26, 2011 at 6:46 pm

7 pounds and 10 ounces

21 inches long

She is beyond precious and we are soo glad she is finally here! We went to labor and delivery early on Saturday (4:45 am). Labor was great, with the epidural, I didn't feel a thing! And my anesthesiologist was amazing! I'm terrified of needles, but it honestly didn't really even hurt. The two nurses I had were amazing, one of them had a child that was born on Elizabeth's birthday, but 25 years ago). The on-call doctor was also very nice. In fact, he shares the same last name as my grandparents. :) I started to push almost exactly 12 hours after we got to the hospital, and then 2 LONG hours later, Elizabeth was born! We were in the hospital until Monday afternoon, but that was only waiting on my doctor to make rounds - Elizabeth was discharged several hours before I was. Enjoy the pics from the past couple days!

First family picture

Oh so ready to leave!

She LOVES to cross her feet!

    

Putting Elizabeth in her car seat...

... which she hated, so I carried her out and then put her in the car seat

all ready to go home!

We're home!!

Sleeping on the couch

Ready for our first doctor's appointment on March 30

Sweet girl!

Konked out in the car

This morning we went to the pediatrician's office for the first time. Elizabeth is now down to 6 pounds, 9.5 ounces. Hopefully she starts gaining again soon! We have another appointment when she turns 2 weeks old, so we'll see how she's doing. Aside from her weight, the doctor said Elizabeth is perfect! Alan and I also made our first trip out with her today. After the appointment, we went to Target to get a couple of things that I needed. I carried her with me and she didn't even make a peep!

On another note, I've already lost 20 pounds! And, I'm going to put in a plug for the Belly Bandit. I'd heard great things about them from various, so I decided that it was something I wanted to try it for myself. When I went into a baby boutique in town and saw it, I knew it was fate. I've been wearing one since Tuesday and can already see a huge difference! I would highly recommend them them to anyone post-baby!!