4 ladies and a gentleman: January 2010

1.28.2010

2 weeks already =(

Tell me it isn't so, my baby is 2 weeks already =( Goodness where

does the time go??? I seriously couldn't speed time up enough

while preggo, and now the days fly by like crazy!! I just want to

stop time and keep my babies young!!

It's been two weeks, and our lives have changed so much. I

am constantly feeling like I'm forgetting "something" now

that I have 3 kiddos. I'm hoping I don't forget a kiddo somewhere!

I'm slowly (with the help of my wonderful mom) getting to where

I can be a mom and pick up Hunter and Alli Jo from school. It is

not easy getting Stella fed in time to make it to the schools in time!

But I'll get the hang of it soon enough and it will come like 2nd

nature I'm sure.

The girls are still doing WONDERFUL with Stella. I hate to keep

bragging, but it's seriously wonderful! Alli Jo has only shown

jealousy only once during a time a guest was visiting...I can't

blame her for wanting attention.

I still haven't got Stella on a schedule yet....she's a lot harder to

figure out than my older two. Since I'm nursing her, she's eating

every two-three hours. I don't think I ever get into a deep sleep,

but it's ok...she is sooo worth it!

Stella had her 2 week check up on Wednesday and here are

her stats:

Height -19.5 in

Weight - 7.1lbs

Head Circumference - 34 1/4cm

Dr. says she's doing great! The only issue I wanted to

talk to the dr. about was a possible intolerance to milk;

cow's milk that I'm drinking. She seems to get colic-like

symptoms when I drink it. Dr. says it could be an allergy

to cow's milk and just try to cut it out of my diet while

nursing. She said that sometimes formula can have the

cow's milk as well...so try to breast feed as long as I can.

Here are pictures of Miss thing at 1 week and 2 weeks....

I can really tell that she's grown =(

And here are pictures from days 5-14 showing the first

two weeks of her life =)

1.23.2010

Dear Stella,

Goodness, where do I even begin? You have come into our

family and fit perfectly into our lives. I will never forget

the day you were born. You were so tiny and had such a

tiny cry (squeal Daddy calls it) that you made us smile.

Your sisters couldn’t get into the hospital room fast

enough to meet you! The smiles on their face showed it all.

The doctor laid you on my chest and I thought you looked

a little like both of your sisters and your daddy. You

are small and petite like Hunter was; you have your sister

Alli’s lips; and your daddy’s nose. Not sure if you will

look like mommy at all, but that’s ok =)

Each day you and I have bonded so much. You know

when I walk into the room...maybe it’s because I’m

your bottle, ha ha! You love to lay on my chest and

squeeze my finger while you’re nursing. I even catch

you curling your tiny little toes when you’re eating.

Speaking of toes...I love how your 2nd toe is just as

big as your big toe...just like your daddy’s.

You love to lift your head to try to find your sisters.

They are often loud, and you love it! If it’s quite

in the house, then you wonder why!
Your biggest sister Hunter loves you hold you when

she gets home from school. She is very good at checking

on you to make sure you’re ok. Alli Jo read to you

the other day and you just stared at her in awe.

You love hearing their voices.

It has been 10 days, but some of the happiest 10 days

we’ve ever had. We thank our heavenly Father for you,
our little miracle baby. Mommy didn’t think I’d ever be

able to have a baby again, and then God gave us you.

"I prayed for this child, and the lord has granted me

what I asked of him." 1 Samuel 1:27

Love you for eternity,

Your mommy

1.20.2010

Another reason I'm blessed.....

Before I had Stella I was really worried that

there would be jealousy from the older girls,
which is just a natural feeling. So far it has

been exact opposite. It's like both girls totally

"get it" that mommy has to give Stella extra

attention. I felt so bad today that I couldn't

help Alli Jo like I wanted to, I caught myself

saying "in a minute", "I have to feed Stella",

"maybe in a little bit", etc. I felt horrible but

I couldn't be two places at once. Instead of

Alli Jo getting mad, she came in and handed

me something.....it was a pretzel shaped in a

heart and she said,

"this heart is for you mommy".

It was the sweetest thing ever!

Days 3 & 4

I'm a little behind, but I'm trying to take pictures of

Miss Stella at least the first 14 days of her life =)

There are some pictures below!

The days have gone by so fast, but we're loving every

minute of it! Stella fits into our family so perfect! God

could not have given us a better little baby!! The girls

are so in-love with her it just melts my heart! Every

morning Hunter and Alli Jo wake up and ask to hold her

or give her kisses =) It's too cute!

Daddy hasn't got to hold her much, b/c mommy keeps

hogging her! lol He finally grabbed her and told me,

"She's just fine!" ha ha I can't help it though, when I'm

not next to her, I feel like something is missing. She is

such a little miracle!! Our Father is wonderful!

1.17.2010

Well she is here….Praise the Lord!! I am beyond blessed!
Everything went extraordinarily well! We are pleased to
announce that
STELLA ALYSE ROBINSON
is here!!!!!!
Her middle name is pronounced (uh-lease).
I was scheduled to be induced on Wednesday, January 13th.
I could hardly sleep on Tuesday night; I think I finally fell
asleep about 2am. The girls were so excited that night, they
both slept with mommy and daddy had to sleep on the couch.
It was the last night it would just be us three girls and it was
so fun. We laughed and giggled all evening =) We all guessed
what we thought Stella would look like. Of course both the girls
said they thought she would look like them, ha ha! I said I bet
she would look like both of them!

We went to admitting at about 6:30amWed. to check in to the
hospital. I had bought the girls shirts that say “I’m the biggest
sister, Hunter” and “I’m the big sister, Alli Jo” as well as a lil
night gown for Stella that says, “I’m the little sister, Stella”.
They were too darn cute! So of course they wore them to the
hospital. We checked in and they came and got me with a
wheelchair. They took me to room 265 and got me settled in
to my beautiful gown haha! My nurse was Stacy and she took
my vitals and got me set up with an IV. Since I was being
induced they already had a PITOCIN bag ready for me. She
also took my blood sugar because of the Gest. Diabetes. We
waited for Doc to get there to break my water. He arrived
about 8am. He broke my water and then they started my
pitocin. It wasn’t but minutes and the hard contractions began.
Of course I asked if I could get an epidural right away. I was
already at 4cm going in to the hospital. The anesthesiologist
was already in a procedure so the nurse said it would be within
the hour. Well one hour came and went and still no “happy
juice” LOL They ended up calling the other anesthesiologist
in so that I could get my epi. So for about an hour and ½ I
had the hard contractions. And they were STRONG, ugh!
My nurse gave me some pain meds to take the edge off, but
it made me a little loopy, sort of like I just didn’t care I was
in so much pain LOL Then finally about 9:30 or so I got my
epi and was in a much better mood =)

I was progressing very fast. We kept joking that Stella might
beat her big sister’s birth time of 11:31am. Doc had
called over at 11:10am, and the nurse checked me….and of
course I was 10cm and ready to go LOL. So my mom peeked
out the window and here came doc running over to the hospital.
I was a good pusher with Alli Jo, so we didn’t want to take any
chances of pushing before he got there. I was starting to feel tons
of pressure so it was very difficult NOT to push. It seemed like
only seconds and doc was there. He had me push once to see
how well I could. He told me that two more pushes and we’d
have a baby!!! Sure enough…two pushes and out Stella came
at 11:30am!!!!!! One minute before her sister 3 years ago haha!
I jokingly said they are competitive already!

They laid her on my stomach and she was soooo tiny! I could
tell she was MUCH smaller than Alli Jo (8lbs 6oz). She cried
the cutest little cry right away!! I could tell she looked a lot
like her big sisters!! Her big sisters came in and got to hold
her for the first time. It was truly the happiest moment of my
life to see all three girls and my awesome husband holding my
all together! The girls could not stop smiling, it was precious.
They cleaned her up and took her to the nursery to do all her
vitals and give her a bath. The nurse came back to tell me she
weighed 6lbs 12oz!! She was tiny =) Her Apgar scores
were great, I think 8 and 10!

We got several visitors the rest of the day. It was a little
overwhelming, but very kind of people to think of us. Stella
continued to do well all day! All her test came back great!
She had to have her blood sugar taken 3 times to make sure
it wasn’t too bad b/c mommy’s diabetes. They took mine as
well later and it was good, 85 I think. So doc told me I did
not have to take the insulin anymore, PRAISE THE LORD!!
And that most likely it will not return, but I have to see the
Endocrinologist in 6 weeks just to make sure!

The next day went just a great. We had our little couple’s
dinner that the hospital provides for mom and dad. And
after that doc came to check on me. The only problem I
was having was my headache. He said he would give me
some meds that would help with that. He said whenever I
was ready we could go home!! I had not been able to
sleep well at the hospital, so I wanted to go home as soon
as possible. So they discharged both Stella and I and we
went home! We stopped by the pharmacy to pick up my
pain meds on the way home. I had a prescription for my
cramping and for my headache.

And that pretty much sums up the first couple days of our
angels life. We are beyond blessed and so happy to have
her home and part of our family!!!