Our Little Bun is One Week Old!

We're counting up now. Our new little baby girl is now one week old. It feels like this last week has been a blur. Reilly, apparently, is a great test taker. First off, her APGAR scores after one minute and five minutes of being born were 8 and 9, respectively. Our nurse swore that she would be a ten if she had been born somewhere with a little more oxygen. The next night Reilly aced a litany of tests thrown at her by her medical team. She aced the most stringent hearing screen, got a 1.1 on her jaundice test where the nurses were looking for a number less than 10, and only lost 5% of her body weight in the first 24 hours (anything less than 10% is considered good). On Friday she was reweighed and we found out that she was almost back to her original birth weight, something the nurses didn't expect to happen for another week. Obviously, our little Bun is eating like a champ.

Reilly also got a healthy dose of friends and family this week. We feel so blessed to have so many of you who are excited for us and our little girl and we are so grateful for the time that we have been able to share with you over the last week. Reilly was able to meet most of her family this week and is really looking forward to meeting Aunt Lindsay soon.

Reilly has continued with some things that she did while she was in the womb. She used to get the hiccups every night around 11 p.m. and coming into this world has not slowed that down at all. We are also assuming that she was this adorable in the womb and she continues to show everyone what a cute baby she is.

Nicole is doing really well and has felt better each day this week. She is still tired (waking up multiple times at night will do that to you) but has managed it well, taking naps when Reilly is napping.

We continue to fall more and more in love with this beautiful little girl and learn more about her daily. For example, most of the time when Reilly sneezes, she sneezes twice. Nicole and I are so blessed to have her and it feels great to have our own little family started. It has also been amazing for me how watching Nicole go through a difficult labor and then already seemingly know how to be a great mom has grown my love and affection for her. I feel as though I have married this astoundingly strong and beautiful and proud woman who wants nothing but the very best for her family. I love that God has used our newborn baby to teach me how to love her mom more than I ever had before.

Thanks for continuing to read our blog. We really do look forward to updating you on our family. Thank you for your prayers and support.