Thursday, July 25, 2019

Evelyn's Birth Story 7.15.19


After we had Arden, our baby #1, I thought I'd never forget the details of her birth day. I mean how can you? Especially with your first precious baby! And yet, as sleep deprivation set in and as time went on, the very specific parts of her story started getting a little blurry. Sure, we knew the big picture, the overarching story, but when exactly did we get to the hospital? What was that funny thing the nurse said once we hit hour 9 of labor? Etc. So, with Turner, baby #2, I was determined to get the details down on paper (or more accurately, on my computer!) so that we'd have everything straight (his birth story is here) - and we did the same thing with Evelyn, our tie-breaker baby #3. Here is her story:

To set the scene: my due date, Friday 7 /12, came and went and our little family got to have one last fun weekend together, just the 4 of us - details to bring you up to speed are over on my 40-week bumpdate (and all previous bumpdates can be found here).

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

{Baby3} Nurse Thank You Gifts


The nurses (both labor & delivery, and postpartum) at the hospital are our heroes!

Since we had Arden, I've always put together some kind of "thank you" basket for our nurses & brought it with us to the hospital. 

With Arden, I wanted to keep it healthy (after talking to a nurse friend who told me they get a lot of junk food!), so I packed up oatmeal packets, granola bars and fruit BUT I didn't actually get the baskets assembled before I went into labor, so we had a family member helping us put the baskets together at the last minute. Whoops. One other mistake we made was dropping off the baskets at the nurses stations right when we got there (one at L&D and one on recovery floor)  but I'm not even sure we had our names on it. Whoops again.

{Baby3} Big Sibling Hospital Gifts


Someone told me about the idea of having a few "big sibling" gifts ready for the kiddos when they come to visit the new baby at the hospital and I knew I had to put something together for A&T. 

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Evelyn's Birth Story 7.15.19


After we had Arden, our baby #1, I thought I'd never forget the details of her birth day. I mean how can you? Especially with your first precious baby! And yet, as sleep deprivation set in and as time went on, the very specific parts of her story started getting a little blurry. Sure, we knew the big picture, the overarching story, but when exactly did we get to the hospital? What was that funny thing the nurse said once we hit hour 9 of labor? Etc. So, with Turner, baby #2, I was determined to get the details down on paper (or more accurately, on my computer!) so that we'd have everything straight (his birth story is here) - and we did the same thing with Evelyn, our tie-breaker baby #3. Here is her story:

To set the scene: my due date, Friday 7 /12, came and went and our little family got to have one last fun weekend together, just the 4 of us - details to bring you up to speed are over on my 40-week bumpdate (and all previous bumpdates can be found here).

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

{Baby3} Nurse Thank You Gifts


The nurses (both labor & delivery, and postpartum) at the hospital are our heroes!

Since we had Arden, I've always put together some kind of "thank you" basket for our nurses & brought it with us to the hospital. 

With Arden, I wanted to keep it healthy (after talking to a nurse friend who told me they get a lot of junk food!), so I packed up oatmeal packets, granola bars and fruit BUT I didn't actually get the baskets assembled before I went into labor, so we had a family member helping us put the baskets together at the last minute. Whoops. One other mistake we made was dropping off the baskets at the nurses stations right when we got there (one at L&D and one on recovery floor)  but I'm not even sure we had our names on it. Whoops again.

{Baby3} Big Sibling Hospital Gifts


Someone told me about the idea of having a few "big sibling" gifts ready for the kiddos when they come to visit the new baby at the hospital and I knew I had to put something together for A&T.