Three generations

Now I'm a mom and a daughter. Also, a nice one of Anya with eyes open. Papa stays hydrated and Grandma looks concerned, but Anya is awake! She's awake and alert about 2-3 hours of the day, most of them between 1 and 6 am.

Leaving Kaweah

We went outside yesterday. After much preparation and fanfare she ended up being swaddled in a blanket and wearing just a hat. I nursed her and she slept the whole three minutes we walked around the garden.

First outfit

Blog formatting is still very new to me and I'm not intending to spend many waking moments computing so forgive the strangeness of these layouts.

We put clothes on Anya after 3 days of blessed clotheslessness. She seemed okay with it but we'll still be avoiding dressing her as long as possible because it makes doing EC (elimination communication) much more cumbersome. It's warm in here and she's still barely left the house.

Anya's first three days

Anya Marjorie Joy was born at home (in the hallway!) at 7:17 pm on 11/20, after 25 hours of labor including 5 or 6 hours of pushing against a stubborn cervical lip. She weighed in at 7lbs, 10 ounces and measured 20 inches.

Granjoy and Grandeddy Samoheyl were here to help welcome her and celebrate her first few days of life, and Grandma on mom's side arrived today to stay until Thanksgiving.

She's an excellent nurser and has a lot of dark, soft hair.

40 weeks