Eyes Wide Open..... Well Almost!

This photo is actually from earlier today in the nursery, but she does have her eyes open. She slept for most of the day so they were usually closed. She did finally begin to open them tonight just before we left the hospital, but of course I did not have my camera in hand.

All in all the day went well. The staff at the hospital were very good to Jana and me and seemed to go out of their way to make sure we were very much a part of the process. They even brought the two of us into the nursery for a good 20 minutes to spend time with Kaylie shortly after she was born. We fed, we changed and learned to swaddle the baby and as a result she is now affectionately referred to as our little burrito.

It has been a long day. We were at the hospital shortly after 6:30 AM this morning as the delivery was scheduled for that time, but the Dr was late. Hence the birth time an hour and a half later. Despite it being a very early morning after flying across country, it was fortunate that we started early. The hospital is a small regional hospital and according to some of the staff, average maybe 2 births. a day. Today they had 7 and one of those was twins delivered via emergency cesarian. Needless to say, things really heated up shortly after 9:00 AM this morning.

Tomorrow starts a little later for us but we still hope to be at the hospital by 8. We look forward to more of the same as we hone our feeding, burping and changing skills. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get Jana to take a picture of me holding Kaylie!