One Week With Hannah Bear

Hannah Bear is the name that Dr. Million gave her before she was even born and it has stuck with her, despite our attempts to stifle it from flowing off our lips.  She has blessed us with her presence for a week now and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed her.  She’s a sweet presence in our home and is loved by all.

We don’t see many of these wakeful moments.

So far Hannah has proven to be a very easy baby and we are THRILLED! :)  Because my babies tend to be jaundiced to some degree and I was trying to prevent this, I was feeding Hannah every 2 hours around the clock in the first couple days.  The first night we had her home I either turned off my alarm or set it wrong because she slept for a 4 hour and a 5 hour stretch back to back, and even then the only reason those stretches weren’t longer is because I woke up in a panic and woke her up to eat!  We were very well rested the first night!  This process of waking her to eat continued for the rest of the week, though I improved my alarm clock usage.  Jacob has, at my suggestion, been able to take advantage of her easy nature by sleeping in our guest room so that at least one of us can be well rested.

Sleeping beauty!

Just chillin’

This might not be the most flattering picture, but I think it’s cute.  She often holds her ear with one hand and sucks the fingers of the other hand.  This might explain why her left hear was limp and flopped over when she was born.  Thankfully that has since straightened out!

When you have older brothers, you get to wear blue at night!

The boys have loved having Hannah.  They are constantly asking to hold her and can’t understand why I have to spend so much time feeding her.  They think I’m hogging her all to myself!  She’s definitely popular!

He may just be her biggest fan.

The girl can’t get any peace!

So far, in her first week of life, Hannah has been to the pediatrician twice, the grocery store, church, and to work with me for a few hours.  She’s also had numerous visitors – all the grandparents, Gram, Uncle Jesse, Savannah, and Mommy and Daddy’s friends.  Lastly, she’s survived her Daddy finishing installing the laminate flooring upstairs that he was trying to finish the day she was born.  There was quite a bit of pounding, but we figured it was better to do in her newborn stupor than later when it would interrupt naps.  And now it’s done!

The finished, undecorated product.  The boys loved sliding and spinning on the new floor!

I’ve been a little surprised at just how happy I’ve been this week, despite lack of sleep and general recovery.  It’s been so good to feel good again, plus I’m thoroughly in love with this sweet little girl.  Add to that that my whole family is home under one roof – no school, no work – and I’m a happy camper!  We’ll see what next week brings as Hannah starts to wake up a little bit and we start to become worn down with the rigorous schedule of  a newborn ;)

First home sponge bath!

So precious!