Mia- One Week Old

We thought the pink monkey pj's were a must have to complement her pink monkey that Brady gave her as a gift. With all of the hair, it's hard to believe that she is only one week old! - A

One Day Older and Wiser

It was a toss up in regards to which picture to select for the birth announcement, but I ended up going with the second one and using the first picture for thank you cards. In just a short time, I can already tell that shopping for Mia's clothes will be a completely different experience compared to shopping for Brady. With Brady, you pretty much just buy 5 different colored t-shirts or polos and then 5 pairs of either denim or khaki shorts/ pants. Not the case with Mia...it appears you have to actually buy "outfits" because who would have guessed there are currently 150 different shades of pink alone? I just laugh because Rodney has know idea what he is in for. I am sure that I don't either, but being female does give me a leg up. -A

A Family of Four, Not Three

At least for this day, Brady was pretty excited for his new sister's arrival. Some of Brady’s first comments to Mia were as followed: “Hi Baby Mia," “she’s waking up,” “I want to take Baby Mia home," and "she’s my little sister and I’m the big brother.” He arrived to the hospital with a Pink Chee (translation for those of you that do not know... monkey.) Refer to earlier posts for the origin of the name. Mia presented Brady with a remote control fire truck. I am sure most of you know the story of Brady being pregnant for the last nine months with a fire truck. His delivery plan included delivering the fire truck and then using the fire truck to bring Mia and me home from the hospital. -A

The Second Addition Has Arrived

I really don't think I believed anyone who said that delivery a second time around is much easier than the first until December 12, 2008 at 11:51 AM. With four maybe five pushes, Mia Catherine made her entrance into the world weighing in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces and 19 1/2 inches in length. For those of you that were a little offended that I included a picture of the placenta with Brady, I did omit this picture in this grouping. As a replacement, I included a picture of Mia's "healthy or hefty" umbilical cord. The nurses immediately commented that they had not seen an umbilical cord of that size in quite some time. -A