Who's Who

Lets see how well everyone can match the correct baby picture with right person. Some of these picture aren't the greatest, but we didn't want to make it that easy. The pictures for the most part are within a couple of days being born. Let us know how ya did if you would like to share!

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1. Adahleigh


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2. Ashley


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3. Adam


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4. Keisha


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5. Charles


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First Encounters

During the pregnancy we've been preparing Adahleigh for the arrival of Keisha. For the last few months she has constantly been bringing her up by asking "Baby sister in Mom's belly?". At first she would also say "I have a Baby in my belly too!!", but we taught her that she had food in her belly so then she would say "Mom has baby sister in her belly, I have food in my belly." She has been really excited to finally meet her and hold her. She told us the week before Keisha got her that she wanted to hold baby sister all day. She didn't know what to think about going to the hospital, but when she finally saw Keisha she got really excited. She loves to hold her and look at her now and Keisha doesn't seem to mind. One of the funniest things Adahleigh has said is "Baby sister's belly is falling out." She said this the first time she watched us change Keisha and saw her umbilical cord there. I asked her if her belly was falling out, so she got a little worried and lifted her shirt up just to make sure then said "Adahleigh's belly not falling out". She isn't quite sure that Keisha is okay even though we've reassured her that it's just her belly button.

We were a little worried about how Charles would handle a new sibling. He's very independent so we weren't too worried about him being jealous of her getting attention, since he doesn't like a whole lot of it himself. The thing that worried us is he likes to pick on Adahleigh and will whack her pretty good sometimes, his favorite thing to do is wait until she's getting her diaper changed and then run up and hit her, since he knows she can't really do anything at that point. He ended up being just as interested in Keisha as Adahleigh was from the start. He wanted to get a good look at her and hold her himself. He has been especially gentle with her and may even be a little more protective of her that Adahleigh is. He really likes to go up and rub her head. We've yet to have any problems with him getting too rough with her.

The Real New Arrival

  Keisha was forced into this world Monday @ 12:31. She didn't want to come on her own, so the Dr decided to induce Ash. Once she was hooked up to the monitors they showed that she was actually having contractions on her own, but they weren't that big or frequent. Once the oxytocin was started the contraction came on with some force and really close together within 30 min. Keisha wasn't  progressing all the quickly and the contraction were strong enough that Ash opted for the epideral. Once that was taken care of she was able to relax and actually take a nap, since we came in at 4 am she was really tired. Things progressed pretty quickly over the next 2 hours. The Dr came in at about 12 and decided things were ready to go. He disappeared for a couple of minutes and by the time he got back the contraction were basically non-existant, but he decided to have Ash start pushing anyway and within 20 min. she was here.
  Keisha weighed 7 lbs 8 oz (now the largest of our 3) she's 20 inches long and has a head circumference of 14 in. She definitely fits in with her sibling with being extremely alert right from the start, she actually doesn't look all that much like a newborn to us either (especially compared to the newborn in our ward). She is more of a fusser than the other two were, but is still pretty happy and has taken really well to nursing.

  At first she came out really blue, but shortly after she started breathing she turned pink almost right away.

  She's the first one that has needed her nails trimmed from her first breath. We had her hands covered so she couldn't get at her face.

  She definitely enjoys her sleep when she finally decides its time to sleep.

                                      

  She also likes to watch everything that is going on.