Busy week 2 for Hannah

Week 2 of Hannah's life was a busy one.... filled with meeting new people, spending time with family, sleeping, lots of eatting and even more sleeping. :) She had her 2 week appointment the other day. Her pediatrician says she's doing great and was very happy that she's gained weight (7lbs. 2 oz) and is now 20 in. In between eatting and sleeping she's very alert, she lifts her head up when on her stomach and has a very strong little grip. She is still sleeping very well in her basinet (3-4 blocks of time) and loves to eat! She also loves her swing and vibrating chair. She continues to constantly have her hands by her face. :) My mom and sis came down to visit last week and get in some one on one time with Hannah. It was so nice having them here. Hannah loved spending time with Grandma Musone and Auntie Nicole. While Hannah stayed with grandma, my sis and I enjoyed the pedicures we had planned to get 2 weeks prior on the day Hannah was born. Josh went back to work last week and wishes he was able to be home with Hannah also. He decided not to coach track this season so that he can head home right after work to take Tuck on a run and then spend the rest of the afternoon/evening with Hannah and me. After dinner we've been enjoying walks, both Tuck and Hannah love being out in this gorgeous weather. Last week Hannah and I went to our first Mommy and Me class with my friend Tracy and her little girl Kenzie. I'm so glad Kaiser offers it to us because it was very informational. Last Sat. Josh and I decided to spend the day just the 3 of us in downtown Santa Rosa. The weather was beautiful! We enjoyed doing a little shopping, going out to lunch and walking around Downtown with our daughter. Fortunately she likes riding around in her stroller. We've enjoyed having all the visitors, however it was so nice to have some time with just the 3 of us.

Wide Awake

Talking to dad

Sleepy girl

Hannah and Nico meeting for the first time, wrapped in their matching blankets :)

Nico is 2 weeks older than Hannah

Renee and me with our new little ones

Proud new dads, Marc and Josh

Little princess :) (Auntie Nicole posed her for this pic )

An example of how she loves to have her hands by her face

Rocking with Auntie

Spending time with Grandma

What she does at this point the majority of the time :)
Meeting Aunt Ang for the first time

Visit from Laura and AngOur beautiful girl

Meeting Aunt Lisa

Enjoying lunch with Lisa and Matt

Hannah is loving the gorgeous weather

1st Easter and 1st Bath at Home

Hannah's first Easter was very special. We spent it with her Grandma and Grandpa Martin, Uncle Dustin, Aunt Melanie, Cousin Mazzy, Uncle Matt, Aunt Amanda and cousin Austin. Prior to Hannahs' birth we had planned on doing Easter at our house, however we did not expect Hannah would be here to celebrate Easter with us. She slept the majority of the day and did very well posing for pictures. :) I managed to find one of her dresses that kind of fit her little 6 lb body. She is so tiny and petite! Her umbilical chord fell off Easter day so we were able to give her her first bath Easter night. She absolutely LOVED her bath. She contently sat there the entire time as dad bathed her. It was too cute.

Grandma Martin with her grand babies

Decorating Easter eggs with cousins Austin and MazzyAustin loved Tuck Our sleeping beauty :) Posed with her Easter bunny from Auntie Nicole

Easter 2009 Grandma and Poppa Martin with all their grand babiesEaster egg hunt

Dad found one for HannahSoooo happy during her bath

All Clean!

Hannah's Trip Back To The Hospital

Last Tuesday we headed back to Kaiser for Hannah's 3 day appointment. Before heading to the appointment we knew they were going to tell us she had Jaundice because of the yellowish tint of her skin. Overall her appointment was great, however her blood draw showed that she had a bilirubin level of 21 (it was 3 at birth). 21 put her into a high risk zone and they informed us we'd need to check back in to the hospital where Hannah would receive treatments of photo therapy. We were able to stay in the same room with her where she was under a strict schedule of 3 hrs. of photo therapy, then out for 30 min to breastfeed and then back under the lights to receive a bottle of formula and lay for another 3 hrs. The quickest way to flush the bilirubin from her system, along with being under the lights, is for her to eat and poop/pee as much as possible. Hannah did wonderfully! She loved laying in her little tanning bed, as we called it, and did a great job of eating. They had us stay in the hospital for two nights so that we could flush the bilirubin from her system and get her numbers down. By the end of day 2 she was down to a 12, which the pediatrician was happy with. We were so happy to bring her home again! Since being home she's done so well. We are constantly amazed by our little girl. She is eating wonderfully, sleeping in 3-4 hr. blocks (I often have to wake her up to feed her), has been smiling since day 4, allows mommy to get much needed sleep, only fusses when she's hungry or needs to be changed. We can't believe how lucky we are. I know it's only been a little over a week and there will be things that will change, but we couldn't be more fortunate. She sleeps well in her bassinet and of course in our arms. :) Her cry is so dang cute! She makes a sound as though she's swallowed a squeaky toy at the end of each cry. We can't help but laugh. :) Even though she came 3 weeks early and I had so many things on my "to do" list before her arrival, I wouldn't change her coming early for anything. We are so happy she's here and can't imagine life without her.

With her friend Kenzie (Kenzie is 5 days older) before heading to her 3 day appointment. You can really see how yellow she looked when next to Kenzie.

She loved photo therapy. The little tanning goggles were too funny! Josh called her his bubble baby

Being fed a bottle by dad

Kisses from dad on her 30 min. break from the lights

You can see her reverse tan here. Having the goggles on, made the area around her eyes stay yellow when she was out from the lights A visit from Renee
Being held by proud uncle Scott
Ready to head home
Andrea and Devin came to visit after arriving home So happy to be home!

Hannah's Here!

Well little miss Hannah was impatient and decided to make her appearance into the world 3 weeks early. Friday was my last day of work, she didn't give me one day off! :) My water broke Friday evening and we headed to the hospital around 3:00am. By 7:00 am I was dilated to 4 and then just one hour later I was dilated to 9.5! We thought we were going to have her here before lunch time, however when they had me start pushing her heart rate dropped from 140 to 90. It got a little crazy in the delivery room as more hospital staff rushed in, put me on oxygen and told us she was going to have to be delivered by an emergency C section. They also repositioned me in bed and in doing so her heart rate slowly began to climb. The doctor then decided that since her heart rate was steady, they'd give me meds to slow down my contractions and give both Hannah and I a rest. After another couple hours they gave me petosin to speed up the contractions and decided to have me try pushing once more, however this time they were prepped for an emergency C section if her heart rate happened to drop again. Fortunately it did not and I proceeded to push for 2 hrs. She was making progress, yet not as quickly as they wanted her too. She was so close yet something was holding her up. At the end of the 2 hrs. they decided both Hannah and I were too exhausted and decided to make one last attempt to get her out using the vacuum before resorting to the C section. Fortunately with the help of the vacuum and after 2 sets of pushes Hannah made her way out into the world. Apparently she had her hand right up next to her face, which prevented her from making it out with just me pushing. Hannah was born at 1:13 pm and we were so excited to finally have her in our arms. She is more beautiful than we could have imagined and we are so in love with her. Josh and I look at her and still can't believe she's here and she's ours. Thank you to everyone for your thoughtful calls, texts, visits, flowers, meals and love. Hannah is lucky to have such a wonderful family and group of friends.

Meet Hannah Nicole Heald :)

6 lbs 5 oz 19 in
Meeting mom for the first time

Meeting DadMy family

Time to get all cleaned up

She enjoyed her bath

All clean
Auntie Nicole is so proud

With Grandma Deanna

Being held by Grandpa JoeWith Auntie Nicole and Uncle SeanWith dad ready for our night in the hospitalReady to head homeShe looks so tiny in her car seat

Arriving Home

With Grandma Jan With Grandpa Paul

With cousin Mazzy Hanging out with mom and auntie in her room
Before grandma and grandpa Musone left
Ready to head to our 3 day appointment