Aubrey and Baby Einstein

Once Corey gets home from work in the evenings, its all about Daddy-time. Corey and Aubrey play together, he feeds her, and then gives her a bath. Its really sweet to watch them interact - her eyes just light up when she hears his voice! The other night Aubrey and Corey played in her little Baby Einstein play area. Aubrey loved the light-up sunshine that played music. She laid there for almost 20 minutes and watched the sunshine change colors!

A Little Birdie Told Me...

That Aubrey Claire did not want to take a nap this morning! She fought and fought to keep her eyes open - I think she was afraid she might miss something exciting. After a few minutes, she finally gave in! But not before giving me a little baby birdie. It was too cute not to capture in a picture. Since the last post, we've been back to the doctor. Aubrey is up to 9lbs 3oz! Can you believe it? I can - she eats like a CHAMP! She definitely has her daddy's appetite. The doc said that she has great head control and will be rolling over before we know it! She's a healthy and happy little baby girl. Mommy did better this time around, too. It was my first trip out driving without anyone else in the car with me and we did great! Aubrey loved riding in the car - she went right to sleep. I packed the diaper bag with the right diapers AND I even remembered the wipes. Yay for Mommy!

Aubrey's First Doc Appointment

While we were in the hospital, Aubrey's pediatrician stopped by our room every day to check on her. Each time he said everything looked perfect - but we already knew that now didn't we?!? We went to our first in-office doc appointment just a couple days after we were discharged from the hospital. And again, everything looked great! Aubrey weighed 8lb 6oz - almost back up to her original birth weight of 8lb 8oz. She's a healthy eater (and therefore a good pooper, too!) Mommy, on the other hand, didn't do so hot for our first trip out of the house. When I packed the diaper bag, I packed the wrong size diapers AND I forgot wipes! Since our daughter is such a good pooper, of course there was a little surprise when it came time to strip down and get weighed. Luckily the doc's office had a stash of wipes and I was able to fasten the diaper extra tight to get us home without any accidents. We have another doc appointment this week...hopefully Mommy will do better this time around!

More Pics From the Hospital

Here are more pics from the hospital!!

This is a pic of Corey and Aubrey right after she was born! He carried her from the operating room back to our LDR room where all of our family and friends were waiting to meet Aubrey Claire! In the meantime, I'm still back in the operating room being stapled back together!

Since I had a C-Section, I was confined to my bed for 12 hours after the surgery. So Corey had to jump right in and take care of all of the diapering and swaddling. He did such a good job, too!

This is Aubrey and her Aunt Dani (Corey's sister)

This is Aubrey and her Uncle John Henry and Aunt Paige (my brother and his wife).

And finally, this is Corey getting Aubrey ready to go home! After 4 nights in the hospital, we were ready to go home and get settled into our new and exciting life!

My BIRTH-day

Well...after 40 long weeks (actually 40 weeks and 4 days), Aubrey Claire Kennedy is finally here! I was admitted to the hospital on Sept 3rd for an induction. Then 24 hours later at 4:26pm on Sept 4th, Aubrey made her way into this world. After 10 hours of labor - don't worry, the drugs came early and I never progressed enough to push - my doctor opted for a C-section. She is absolutely perfect! Here is a pic of Corey and I meeting our daughter for the first time. (That's Corey behind the mask) We spent 4 nights in the hospital and we got to bring her home on MY birthday - what a present, huh? Since then, we've been adjusting to life at home. Aubrey is making this transition relatively easy on us. She's very even tempered - feed me, change me, love me, and put me to sleep! I know it won't always be that simple so I have to brag on her while I can... We've been taking pictures like crazy so I'll post more later. Right now its almost time for another feeding!