Charlotte arrived on July 4th at 12:25pm. My labor started on the 3rd and we ended up going to the hospital around midnight. My labor and delivery was a breeze compared to what I went through the first time around. After my edidural, they gave me a low dose of pitocin and I went from 5cm to 10 in 1 hour. Yes 1 hour! I was shocked! I believe I pushed for about an hour and half and... boom.. we had our little girl, Shane got to cut the cord, i got to hold her and cry and stare at her for as long as I wanted. It was nothing short of amazing. Our little firecracker baby is a sweetie pie. That is, when she isnt screaming. She has a set of lungs on her and she isnt afraid to use them! I wouldn't consider it colic but probably not far from it. She has good days and bad so we are definitely still adjusting. I do think Im getting used to the lack of sleep though. The first few weeks were pretty tough.
Savannah is doing great as a big sister. I think she finally realized that Charlotte is here to stay. She is going to school 3 days a week now and doing much much better with it. The school thing really worked out perfect. Charlotte takes up so much of my time right now that Im glad Savannah gets to be at school with her friends to have fun and play (and hopefully learn a little too).
Life with 2 little ones is exhausting and takes up every free second we have but all it takes is one of those little smiles and you forget about all the stress in an instant.
Our first month with little sister Charlotte...
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| A LOT of time spent just like this (top and bottom) This is Charlottes Happy Place |
