Adding to the family...............

March 2013 Cell Pics

Like father like daughter

First trip to grocery store

Abby may be little but she holds her own.

Reagan did something to her and she smacked her in the face with a teapot.................

American Girl Store

Reagan had a mishap beyond her control with her doll and got a new one.

She is thrilled and picked out the one she really wanted as Santa apparently had gotten it wrong :-/

Caught the end of a smile. Apparently she likes the ceiling fan.

Dying eggs with friends.

Wide awake at the store.

A nightly occurrence.

Overall Quinn has been a rather easy going baby. She's had her days/nights mixed up a bit but has mostly at night woken up just to eat every 2-3 hours. We had a bit of a weight gain issue at our first Drs visit however Reagan & Abby both had that issue as well so it wasn't new to us. Luckily it only took 1 weight check at 2.5 weeks old and she was finally back up to 8lbs.

We took newborn pictures for the first time ever and wow were they amazing. We've seen a few sneak peeks and will be sure to share them whenever we get them.

The girls have been amazing with Quinn. They are quick to show her off to anyone we see and are huge helpers at home. Grandma was here for 2 weeks which was especially helpful over Spring Break. Amazingly they were not as difficult as we thought they would be when she left though they are looking forward to May when they will see her again.

Quinn is the noisiest baby! She sounds like a little piggy when she eats and makes all kinds of noises when she sleeps. You think she's awake but she isn't.

Recovery this time has been a bit harder on me which I was surprised about. I had a wonderful nurse in the hospital who was a mother of four who warned me it would be tougher. It took us a bit to find the right pain cocktail but once we did it was very helpful. I tried my best to stay on time in taking my meds which was helpful. About a week after Quinn was born I seemed to have caught possibly the stomach bug Reagan had which was a huge set back for me. And currently I am sick again. :-( I know much of it is that I am not taking care of myself and certainly not slowing down but it's hard. I've been pulled any many more directions this go round including working much more then I ever did before plus 2 other kids, commitments, etc. I'll get there though.

And now for more pictures which is what people really want.

Bed head

Loves the bath!

Quinn Campbell

On March 8th we headed to the hospital to be induced just 2 days before Quinn's due date. There were several factors included in the decision to which the Dr and I decided to move forward with induction. We're of course very familiar with induction as all of the girls were. Induction started at 6-6:30am and at 1:45pm Quinn Campbell was born. She was 8lbs and 19.75inches long. She has blue eyes and a full head of very dark hair.

Minutes old.

Quinn had some issues getting her temperature up to normal levels. It was decided that they would place her under a warmer for a bit until she got up to 98.6. As Reagan & Abby were on the way up to the hospital the nurse was nice enough to bring the warmer to us so she wouldn't have to go to the nursery.

Warmer = baby torture device.

Once the girls came up the nurse agreed to take her out of the warmer for a bit and triple wrapped Quinn up so the girls could hold her.

Reagan was instantly in love.

Abby was not quite sure what to think. It was a lot to take in

and she's always wary of new situations right away.

Grandma with grandkid #4

It took awhile for Abby to come and see my as she was afraid of the tubes, etc.

but she finally warmed up a bit.

After everyone left the nurses had Quinn do a little skin to

skin therapy to keep her temps at the right level.

Oh those lips!

The next day Dad brought the girls back up to see us and we had a couple of other visitors as well. When Abby was asked if she wanted to hold Quinn she told us not til tomorrow when we were home. We told her that was fine and whenever she was ready.