Caolain is 8 weeks old!

Teagan loves to be around her little sister Caolain. She loves it when Caolain sits next to her or is lying down on the bed with her. She is so gentle and loving to her. I often hear her saying, "It's ok sweetie...I'm here" when Caolain is crying. She will run and get her a binkie or a burp cloth to clean her face.

At 8 weeks old, Caolain is now really smiling and cooing. She also is now sitting in the bumbo seat which makes life easier for me as I make dinner or tidy up the kitchen. She loves to look around and take in all the action.

Welcome Caolain Anne Rosencranse

I can't believe it took me this long to update the blog. I see now what people mean by the second child syndrome. I look back at all the pregnancy and baby pictures of Teagan and I feel like I was so on top of it. Caolain is now 7 weeks and I'm FINALLY updating the blog! Yikes.

Anyway, Caolain was born on June 29th at 10:23am weighing in at 8# 12oz 21". We went in for preop around 6:00am. Teagan stayed at Rosie's house the night before. We just told her she was going for a sleep over, and didn't mention Caolain was arriving the next morning (only because we didn't want her to stress out too much---as much as one 3yo could possibly stress!) Off she went to school on Tuesday morning.

We arrived at the hospital and sat in preop for a few hours. Dr. Goyar was running behind a bit so we didn't go in at 9:00 as planned. I have to say that delivering a baby by scheduled C-Section is a much more relaxing experience. We hung out while the nurses kept track of my vitals. Finally, around 10am or so, we moved over to the operating room. Travis waited outside while I went in, got situated, met the anesthesiologist, talked about my concerns and was given the spinal block. Then Travis came in. He sat by my head while Dr. Goyar and staff worked their magic.

At one point Travis stood up, looked over the curtain and began to see our beautiful baby girl begin to appear. Inch by inch he watched as she came into the world talking me through each moment. I will never forget that image in my head. Then I heard her cry and I got that same feeling of pure bliss that I had when Teagan was born. The nurses brought her over to me and I was able to feel her beautiful face, kiss her and talk to her.

Once I was "put back together" I was brought back to the recovery room with Travis while we waited for Caolain to be checked out. Nanny and Pop were in the waiting room. After a long time I was shipped off to my room and was assigned there for 4 days. Everyone came to visit! And the best visitor was the Big Sister!! Travis had gone to pick Teagan up after school and brought her to the hospital. She had on her big sister hat that we made. She climbed up into the hospital bed and said, "Where is she??" I don't think she realized how little Caolain would be as she was right next to me in the bassinet. Teagan leaned in, said, "Oh she's so cute. I love her!" and gave her a kiss. Melted my heart.

Travis brought Teagan home at night where there was a present waiting for her each night, brought her to school each day and then came to the hospital to spend the day with us. WE went home on Friday afternoon. Teagan and Travis had made welcome home signs for Caolain and Me. The dogs, as usual, were not at all unnerved by the new addition. A few sniffs and they were good to go.

The first few weeks were good except for Caolain's ability to keep food down. She has had 4 different formulas and is currently on Zantac, Similac RS plus 2 teaspoons of rice cereal per oz. All in all though, she has been sleeping well at night and beginning to smile and respond to us. 2 weeks after she was born, Erin Rosencranse got married so Caolain was all dressed up for that while Teagan was a flower girl. Then, we went to Ocean City with the family. Caolain loves to be held in the Moby Wrap. Although I look very crunchy granola...it's very comfortable and she'll sleep in it for hours.

At 7 weeks Caolain is now 14#. Teagan continues to be a wonderful big sister. She loves to give hugs and kisses and show her off to her friends at school (she goes Tue-Thur).