5 Weeks

Rebecca is five weeks and one day old today!



Sunday was our first day without company since Rebecca was born and somehow I didn't get around to updating the blog yesterday. I am still amazed at how my days fly by.

We had a great week!



My dad was here from Colorado. He is smitten! While holding Rebecca he looked at her and said, "you can have whatever you want."



Matt giving her a bottle. I'll pump so Matt can give Rebecca her last feeding around 11:00. I love the extra sleep! Right now her sleeping record is 11:30-3:30- 4 hours.



Rebecca signing a birthday card for our friend, Ashley. She is so advanced! :)



Bath time. Rebecca loves it!




Rebecca and her grandparents. My favorite pic!

4 weeks

Rebecca is one month old today!



We have had another big week.



Grandma is still here and Pops comes tomorrow!



We are working on getting Rebecca into a sleeping routine. She is doing great during the day, eating every 2-3 hours. I'm hopeful she'll soon start going for longer stretches at night. Last night she was not having it but she is only 4 weeks old.



Matt and I went on a real date. We had dinner at DePalma's (where we went on our first date almost 7 years ago).



Alabama played Ole Miss this weekend and our friends Andy and Sarah stopped by to visit before the game.



Our friend Jonathan also came over for a visit and he and Matt went to the game together.



Roll Tide!

Three Weeks

Rebecca is three weeks old today!



She is getting less and less sleepy everyday.



She loves to stretch and grunt and it takes her about five minutes to wake up from every nap.

It's been a big week.



My mom is visiting and we love having her!



Our friend, Kelsey, came by for a visit.



My 30th birthday was this week. Celebrating with Rebecca was great!



Rebecca had her two week check up. She's doing great! She was up to 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. She in the 25th percentile for weight and 75th for height. Our pediatrician decided to get her billy ruben (I just sounded that out) checked one more time. It was under 7 and her iorn is fine.



Matt and Rebecca. So sweet!

Happy Birthday, Rebecca

Rebecca is two weeks old today!



What a cutie!!

Matt's parents have come down from North Carolina to stay with us this week. It has been wonderful to have them here!



Oma and Papa



Our friends, Julia and Ashley, have also been to Tuscaloosa for a visit.



And Auntie Mary come up for a few days. We loved having her!



Other exciting happenings include Rebecca's first walk



She doesn't look too impressed but I think she liked it

Settling In

It has been 9 days since Rebecca was born. The time flies by! One of my friends said that once you have a baby what used to take you a day now takes you a week. It is so true! Fortunately we had had lots of help.



Aunt Christina (aka Peaches)



My friend, Brittany, giving Rebecca her first bath



We didn't put a diaper on Rebecca and as we were posing for pictures she pooped all over her towel



She is so cute!

A Baby Story

I walked into my kitchen at 5:30pm on Monday to start cooking super and my water broke. I had learned in one of my birthing classes that 90% of women get their water broken once they get to the hospital so I wasn't expecting it at all. A few minutes later Matt got home from school and we headed to the hospital. I called the doctor on the way and he said, "Come on up here, get your stuff together, you don't rush, it's not like the movies." We arrived at the hospital about two minutes later, at 6:00. A nurse confirmed that my water had broken. I was at one centimeter, fully effaced, 0 station. I was given pitocin to speed things up because I'm a group B strep carrier. It worked. The contractions started and I got an epidural at 8:30. I was fully dilated at 10:00. They waited until 11:00 to have me start pushing so I could get one more dose of antibiotics for the step. I pushed for 50 minutes and Rebecca was born. It was incredible! I really can't even put it into words.



We are so happy!!

I spent the next two days in the hospital. There was a little pull out couch for Matt.



The hospital room



Visitors!

I'm breast feedings and it took a while for Rebecca to get the hang of it. I'm also Croom's positive so while we were in the hospital she developed jaundice. She got some photo therapy and we started feeding her formula. She had to spend and extra night in the hospital (it was so hard to leave her!!) but she did really well and we got to take her home the next day.



Under the lights



Getting Rebecca ready to go



She's home!

She's Here!

Rebecca Elizabeth Rogers was born September 20th at 11:50pm. She weighted 7.4 pounds and was 19.5 inches long. We are so in love!