Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Brooke Elizabeth

Brooke Elizabeth was born on August 20, 2009 at 5:49 pm. She weighed 6 lbs 9.8 oz and was 18.5 inches long. Brooke will be 1 month old on Thursday (2 days from now). It amazes us how fast the time has flown by. Brooke is such a sweet baby and is sleeping 4.5 hours at night (which I hear is great for a newborn).

We had a wonderful delivery experience at Baylor Medical Center of Frisco. The delivery nurse, Elizabeth, was wonderful and so encouraging. We were induced on August 20th and arrived to the hospital at 7 am. I was already having good size contractions before being induced. The labor lasted 8 hours from start to finish. I only pushed for 45 minutes! Ryan and his sister Kristen were in the delivery room with me when Brooke was born.

I love being a mom and am getting used to having little sleep. Daddy is extremely helpful and takes over baby care during the day so I can take a nap. We love being parents!