Blog | Introducing Mackenzie!
Just like her big sister, Mackenzie arrived a few days early. Unlike her big sister, however, she did not make me endure 24 hours of labor, and she did not wake me up in the middle of the night! Instead, Mackenzie was kind enough to wait until a little before 7 AM before letting me know she wanted out, and I was only in labor for a little over 8 hours (with only 12 minutes of pushing). I am so glad I took my doctor’s advice and didn’t dilly dally in getting to the hospital – that enabled me to have an epidural for the last 3-4 hours of my labor. YAY! At birth she had a perfectly round little head full of dark hair. We shall see if it stays dark or turns lighter like Brianna’s did. For now, I will probably put these posts both on the “Baby 2” page and the “Brianna” page, at least until we figure out how we want to catalog these things.
As predicted, she exceeded the 8 lb. mark…
Big sister Brianna was super excited to meet her, but not much interested in holding her (still hasn’t, though I suspect she will soon).
One day old:
When Brianna came the next day (one day old), she and Mackenzie exchanged gifts – matching orange Bla Bla monkeys! She was very excited about her new Bla Bla monkey AND about the smaller Bla Bla monkey she gave Mackenzie. We let her play with both for a few days, but then told her we needed to put Mackenzie’s aside so it would be ready (and in good shape) when Mackenzie is ready for it.
On day two, they made us leave the hospital (I could have used another day or two…). Here we are getting ready to go. Mackenzie has dark hair, just like Brianna did at birth.
Had to add the matching hat!
Home at last.
At four days old we set out for the first time to see her pediatrician. It was exhausting, so she took several long naps in her favorite spot – on her tummy on the boppy.
We made it through the first week with lots of help from Mimi and Tatie Kat (we have been fed quite well as Tatie Kat’s guinea pigs!). We have only had one truly bad night, and Mimi helped quite a bit with that one giving me a reprieve for a couple hours. At one week:
