The First Week

19-May-2007 16:40
 
Rylee rounded off her first week of life with a big visit on Saturday. We had all of our immediate family here for the afternoon. It was such a treat because we don’t know when Pat, Julie & Elijah will be back to PA for a visit. Everyone had a great time and the kids all had an amusing photo session. I think we can all appreciate those who do this for a living after our try at it.

Rylee is such a happy and content baby. She’s doing so well when it comes to feeding, we go to the doctor Wednesday for a weight check. Hopefully she’ll be up about a half a pound since last Wednesday!

19-May-2007 16:30
 
Bill goes back to work on Wednesday so Rylee and I are going to be having a girls day. Not sure what all we’ll be doing just yet but it will be a fun one. We’re definitely going to miss having Daddy here at home with us all day though.

She’s here

12-May-2007 16:17
 
Rylee Erin Ma

Born: May 12, 2007 at 12:03pm
Weight: 5 lb. 5.7 oz.
Length: 19 3/4 inches

So Rylee a/k/a Sprout decided to come four and a half weeks early! After going to the hospital at midnight last night to confirm that Diane’s water had indeed broken (and had actually started leaking on Wednesday), Diane was given drugs around 2am to start the dilation process.

12-May-2007 12:35
 
When I got back to the hospital around 9am this morning, Diane was about 4cm dilated and started on pitocin to induce labor. By 11:15am or thereabouts (I lost track of the time), Diane was was confirmed 6cm dilated and it just started snowballing from there. Next thing I knew hair could be seen, Diane started pushing, and minutes after that, Rylee had joined the world. It was incredible.

Both sets of grandparents were visiting all day. More details in the days ahead, but for now I’m going to bed.