Week of Firsts

We have had a packed full week with our little Aubri.

We've had a ton of firsts like:

-First car ride home from the hospital

- First night at home (she woke up 3 times, ate and went right to sleep.)

-First blood draw (Actually a total of 6, but she either slept or just sat there the each time.)

-First doctor's visit

-First blow out and peeing on Mommy and Daddy

-First spounge bath

-First smile

-First sleep over with Mommy and Daddy in their bed. (She loves our bed.)

We also have have learned that this little girl very strong willed.

At only two days old, she could lift her neck and change side to side.

She also likes to hold her on bottle and if you try and hold it for you she will swat you away.  She insists on having her hands uncovered and out of her blanket.

She is also the sweetest thing in the whole world.  We are so lucky to have her.

She is so calm, happy and relaxed. We've only heard her actually cry once.

Yep, once.  She never gets upset. She may squak or sqeek every once in a while

but thats her way of talking to us. Its adorable!

We love and hate how fast she is growing up.

We are excited every morning to see what she looks like.  She changes every day.

We love our sweet little girl, and wish life would just stand still forever.

We are in heaven.

Introducing

Aubri Roo Anderson

Born on  December 15th at 6:43am
7 pounds, 7 ounces--19 inches long

After 13 hours of labor and an 1 1/2 hour pushing, our bundle of joy has arrived.

As sleep deprived and exhausted as we are, we are one happy little family.

We couldn't be more in love with our Aubri Roo :)

*P.S.  Austin served in Sydney, Austialia on his LDS mission.  We got Roo from a Kangaroo so we will always remember his mission and the people there he was with.*

'Tis the Season

Christmas is our absolute favorite time of year.  We love going to temple square, we love looking at the lights, we love making a gingerbread house, and filling our home with Christmas decor and smells.

The sad thing is that this year doesn't feel like Christmas at all to us. 

There is zero snow on the ground. Since I'm on bedrest Christmas is so much more different. We aren't going to million Christmas parties we usually attend each year between families. And as crazy as it seems, I want a social event to dress up and go to.

I honestly miss it all.  So in order to make our home a little more Christmas-y, we are playing this CD in our home right now:

It really is the perfect Christmas CD.  Its made our home cheery and bright.

As crazy as I may sound, let it snow.  I want it to feel more like Christmas.

On the plus side, 14 more days until I'm induced if she hasn't arrived by then. Hooray!

Hospital Sleep Over

This last week I have been feeling amazing! I have all this energy and I am just a happy person.  I went to my doctors appointment on Thursday thinking that I would

just be get a check up and going home later.

Well, I got to my appointment. Had my weight and blood pressure checked.  My weight gain was good, only one pound for two weeks!  But then my blood pressure was back up again. 

It was 146/88.  I was completely caught off guard since I had been on bedrest as it was.

We met with the doctor and he checked it again thirty minutes later and it was at 158/96.

Immediately the doctor decides to send us to the hospital to be watched for 24 hours.

He told us that if he can't get the blood pressure under control then he would take the baby. We were both scared.  I mean an entire month early?!? I hadn't even finished the nursery, and our bags weren't packed for the hospital.

After having a bunch of tests run and constant monitoring of the baby and my blood pressure they decided to let me go home after 28 hours. Thankfully they didn't need to take the baby--they just put me on bedrest. The only down side is that right now I have a ton of energy and the last thing I want to be doing is laying around all day everyday.

I will admitt that it was kinda depressing leaving the hospital without our little girl.
It just makes us even more excited for when we actually do have her!  Hopefully its not too far away.