Two Weeks and Counting

15 Day Update

Sylvia had her two-week visit to the midwife yesterday and passed all her exams. She gave a few drops of blood from her heel for a menagerie of genetic disease tests and her belly button is healing up nicely. She drinks like a horse and is up to:

8 Pounds 1 Ounce

That's more than a pound gained in her first two weeks. She may have started out smaller than we expected but she's determined to catch up :) Since all the meconium has passed through she's graduated from disposable diapers to fleece Fuzzy Bunz. She sleeps well too, a couple of fussy nights not withstanding. Our bedroom has nice south facing windows over the bed so we lay her out naked in the sun for a while whenever we can, which seems to be a lot lately since we are both at home and the Northwest has given her a lovely spate of sunny days.

Enjoy petite little Sylvia Wren while you can. I have a feeling she's going to get chubby soon.

The Name

Get Your Picture Taken with a Star

You too can be part of the Three Seconds of Fame slideshow you see to the right. All you have to do is visit and get your picture taken and your famous!

Coming Soon: The Name

Daddy's Little Girl

Family Shot

Friend Jean is visiting from Texas and she has a really nice camera so we took advantage. Thanks Jean!

I'm still trying to figure out how to use this blogger post utility so for now I'll just post them all into separate posts. Looks better that way :)

Coming Soon: Funny Faces

Knitted Gifts

Our friend Khore, knit us a beautiful receiving blanket and our midwife, Ann, knit the wonderful rainbow hat. Thanks so much to both of them!

Thanks too, to all the people who gave us clothes and supplies and equipment. Almost all of our "new parent" friends have contributed and we are sincerely grateful.

OK... you're asking: What's she called? Well, I've been working on a deadline due tomorrow (Saturday) morning so we haven't had time to sort out a name what with talking to well-wishers, building benches and climbing the learning curve. We should have some time to relax this weekend though, so look for a label in the next few days.

I promise to post some non-sleeping pictures too :)

Scott

Sneeze for the Camera

Baby girl sneezing in the sun!

Baby Briggs-Bauer's First Post

The Briggs-Bauer baby girl was born at 5:50 pm on Monday, February 2, 2009. She was 6 lbs, 13 oz and 19.5 inches long. She will hopefully have a name in the next couple days. Labor was fast and furious with no complications and she was born at home on our bed.

More pictures and posts will be coming in the days ahead.