Week one at home

Coley is one week old today. Goodness - how time flies. She's had a pretty good week. She's eating good, sleeping a lot during the day and has been pretty awake from 11pm - 3am. This has been the hard part. You forget the sleep deprivation. Luckily, my mom has been in town to help me during the nights and watching the girls during the day so we can take little naps. David has also been home to help wrangle Mylie and keep her entertained by taking trips to Home Depot and going to the park to play.

Here are some pictures from our week...

Coloring on the house and chairs with sidewalk chalk

Throwing the ball for Martie

Hanging out outside with Mom, Grami & Mylie

Having a little bit of awake time

Screaming through her first bath

Mylie gave her diaper bag to Coley and got a big girl ladybug bag

She loves taking the dirty diapers to the trash

And spending time with Grami before she heads back to ABQ Saturday night

We're home...

We were discharged from the hospital Sunday afternoon after a great stay at the hospital. Mylie greeted us when we got home with the best welcome ever and went straight to Coley's car seat to pat her and lay her head on Coley's blanket. She was excited to have us home.

Things are going good so far. And we are even more tired than we expected to be. We're trying our hardest to keep things "normal" for Mylie, but she is well aware that things are somewhat different now. She is still such a sweet girl and we are even more proud of her now that she is the big sister.

Coley is a very good baby. So far, she is not easily upset and when she gets upset, it does not take much to quiet her down. We're not sure who she looks like...or if she really looks like any of us...but we are completely taken with her and are so proud to have two daughters.

Coley Beth

Coley Beth Hicks
April 18, 2008
5:10pm
6 pounds, 13 ounces
20 1/2 inches

Here's a few pictures from Coley's birth. Whitney will post more later.

Travel Companion

David asked Mylie if she would like to go with him to Austin yesterday for his meetings. She accepted, but then realized that she would have to participate in meetings on topics other than yogurt, dogs named Martie, and would be required to respond with words other than "more" so she opted to stay home with me.