The View from here..

Picture Update

Sweet baby girl..

 

Emmett's new favorite activity, taking pictures.. CHEESE! Then of course he wants to look at the pictures and hold the camera... "I want it. I want it!"

 

Daddy and Hattie..

 

All cozy in the bouncy seat..

 

Big Brother!

 

Eyes Open!

Favorite place to sleep... on our chests with her mouth open of course..

Cheese!!!

 

First outing.. going to the doctor at 5 days old, Monday February 4th.

Siblings!

Taken 02.02.13

Bringing Home Baby

I was certainly an emotional Mama the day we brought our little girl home. I was so overcome with the relief that we had a beautiful healthy little girl. I also hadn't been able to see Emmett since Tuesday January 29th, when I had put him to bed, since he wasn't able to visit due to the tough flu restrictions this year. It was the longest I had ever been away from him. To add to all of these feelings, it was also my 30th birthday! What a milestone and a happy way to celebrate this significant day in my life.

So, I wanted to share the video of us bringing home baby Hattie. It makes me cry every time..

Look Alikes..

Emmett..

 

Hattie..

Emmett..

 

Hattie..

 

Hattie is starting to look different than Emmett.. and she certainly has her own personality and preferences. She is daintier, as you would expect from a girl.. :) But, they do look very similar!



Announcing..

Hattie Jeanne Nelson

 

January 30, 2013

2:52pm

8 pounds 13 ounces

21" Long

 

 

The last few days have been a bit of a whirlwind. I had been hoping to go into labor all last week and finally woke up around 2:45am the morning of January 30th with strong but short contractions coming every two minutes. Of course there was an impending forecast of snow. I woke up a grumpy Daddy from his sound slumber to let him know what was going on. We waited until about 3:15am and called Amanda to come over and look after Emmett for us. She made it before the snow started really coming down. We loaded up our hospital bags and headed toward the hospital around 4:30am. We were in triage for about 2 hours and were finally seen and admitted by Dr. Kaufmann. I continued to labor until about 1:30 when I was checked at 6cm. I got my epidural (thank the Lord) and then had my water broken at 1:30. An hour later I thought the epidural was wearing off only to find out I was fully dialiated and ready to push. In 22 minutes our little girl was born at 2:52pm. She is perfectly healthy and looks so much like Emmett (so far) it has been a little unreal. We were able to bring her home yesterday on my 30th birthday. Emmett wasn't able to come to the hospital because of new rules surrounding the flu since it has been worse than normal this year. It was an emotional reunion for this Mommy since I hadn't seen him since Tuesday night. Amanda was a Godsend and was able to stay here all day with Emmett on Wednesday since his daycare was closed due to the weather. It was such a relief to have her here with him.

 

Our families were able to come visit the following day after the roads had cleared (somewhat).. Hattie Jeanne has been a little angel so far. She has hardly cried. My only concern is that she may have jaundice. We will find out on Monday when we take her to her first doctor's visit. Her hair is extremely dark - almost black - and full. It is long in the back. She is just what I had imagined. :) She has a pouty lip (as did her brother) and dark dark eyes. Her head is tiny (14th percentile) and she has dainty little features. Her legs, arms, feet, and body are long and skinny. Her complexion has been a little rosier than Emmett's was. Her ears are small and her eyebrows are light and not fully filled in. She prefers to be swaddled with her arms in and is very cuddly. We are more than enjoying this special time with her. Here are a few more pictures...

 

 

 

 

Big Boy Room.. Reveal

 

The duvet cover is Dwell Studios Transportation and I was able to find matching prints on Etsy. The bed is from Nebraska Furniture Mart, toy organizer from Ikea. We purchased and painted the Emmett letters and made the headboard with the help of Grandma and Grandpa Nelson. Grandpa Frank and Rustin in stalled the chair rail. We do have a guard rail on his bed but it easily collapses and stores under his mattress. He has adjusted to his new bed really well. He no longer gets out or falls out of it.

 

Grandpa Frank put together these bookshelves and then Rustin sanded, painted and hung them. They hold a lot of books. Emmett really enjoys seeing all of his books on display and being able to grab them off of the lower shelves. I enjoy that we can keep some books up high so that he can't rip or ruin them when we aren't looking.

 

Rustin refinished this dresser that we found on craigslist. The color is Gecko from Sherwin Williams. It was quite the project. We then replaced the hardware. I love all of the drawers and it was large enough for his changing pad. I did purchase a new changing pad for his room so we have two now (one in the nursery). It may be a while before we get on to potty training. We purchased the orange chair from Buy Buy Baby. So far he hasn't used it very much but I think he will as he gets older to sit and read books.