Belle- 12 days old Belle had her first doctors appointment today and when she left the hospital she weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 19 inches long. Today she weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and was 20 inches long! And got a perfect bill of health from her doctor!
I now have a new found respect for parents with more than one child. Even so much I called my parents and got a laugh out of them when I asked WHAT IN THE HECK made them want a third child.. haha! Seriously, it is a major change in so many ways. Belle as a newborn is polar opposite to Tyler as a newborn. Belle wants to be held ALL the time by her mommy and Tyler was just content to sit in his bouncy seat! Belle is sleeping pretty well, she doesnt completely sleep all night but she is close. However it seems her and Tyler just takes turns keeping me up... haha... motherhood is so not for wimps. Anyway it is all worth it when you look in the faces of those BEAUTIFUL children. I feel like the luckiest person around! Having Belle has completed our family and I have even found a new love for my husband it is so strange, I can not imagine loving anyone or anything more than I love the 3 of them now!
2007-02-02
Happy Birthday Beautiful Baby Belle!! We woke at about 7 am to pack a few last minute things and got dressed! MawMaw met us at the hospital at 9 and the plan was she would watch Tyler until the rest of the family arrived. Well Steven and I went to check in and they told us to wait in the waiting room until they were ready. When in the waiting room I met the girl who was to have the C-section before me.... hers was scheduled for 5 am so I then KNEW this was gonna be a LOOONG day. It was INSANE there were babies being born left and right. We all sat in the waiting room even took a nap as family and friends came in and out of the waiting room. Finally Finally at around 4 pm I was ready to go back... OH MY GOSH I thought I was going to lose it as the nerves set in. I was prepped for surgery and was getting my epidural when I started to cry.. the emotions and fear had hit me like a ton of bricks! When the anethesist stuck me, at the same time I sobbed so of course I had to be stuck again. After the epidural was in place I felt soooo sick, so I threw up a few times, not great when you can not even feel your stomach. After my nausea calmed down for a minute, they let some of my visitors in, Sarah, Laci and Jennifer tried to keep Belle on the monitor, while MawMaw was convinced I was dying or something.. lol! Soon enough they were ready for us in the OR, but my blood pressure dropped pretty low and I was throwing up again, I got some medicine to bring my pressure back up and I was fine until I got to the OR, when they transfered me to the table, haha... of course I was throwing up again. Wasn't too much longer and they let Steven in to be with me. A few short moments later I felt my body moving up and down on the table as my sweet daughter was not wanting to be removed from the womb, then the sweetest sound a mother ever hears... that first cry. I remember Steven looking at me with tears in his eyes and he said OH MY GOD she is BEAUTIFUL! Then I had to break down and cry. Steven with a nurse took baby Belle to see the family while my surgery was finished and I went to recovery.
ISABELLA REESE WILLIAMS January 19, 2007 5:52 pm 7 lbs 12 oz. 19 inches
After the first night recovery went well, I am still taking meds because of the blood pressure issue and everything else is great! She finally got to meet my mom (Nana) at 1 week old so she could not be any better!
