OH BABY!

Her first picture smiling! :) I caught her "smiling" (most people will tell you it's just gas at this age) and I just had to get a picture of it! This is after she got her first at-home bath from Jason and I. She didn't like it too much, she kept sliding out of her baby bath so Jason had to hold her down while I washed her. Then we wrapped her up in a towel and she liked that a lot; she was happy as a clam. LOL BUT THEN we had to be mean and get her dressed, which she fussed over tremendously. But when it was all said and done, she was clean, she smelled good and she wasn't cold anymore!

We got home from the hopsital today around 2:00 pm. Nichole has pretty much been sleeping since, and I am writing this at 8:00 pm! I guess it's good that she feels comfortable here - we personally think that babies can sense their parents' stress and moods, and Jason and I were so stressed out at the hosptial, and now here at home we are more at ease. Everything is just so much more familiar and it just feels good to be able to be in our home with our new daughter!

Well, my labor went pretty well, considering what all we had to go through! They didn't have to induce me, I started having regualr contractions Wednesday morning around 4:30, so we went to the hospital and they admitted me. By the time I was a 10, my pain meds had worn off and I couldn't get anymore, so I pushed for two hours without pain medication and I strongly DO NOT RECOMMEND that method to ANYONE! I guess if you are brave enough to go through that without pain meds, then more power to you! But anyways, after the two hours had gone by and she still wasn't coming any further down, they decided to do a cesarian section. Jason and I weren't too happy with the thought, but we figured as long as they got her out and she and I were okay, it didn't matter how she entered the world. So they wheeled me into surgery and about and hour later Nichole Jean White was born! I was kind of in and out of consiousness, but I remember bits and pieces of things. It was a neat experience non-the-less, and worth every bit of the pain!

Nichole was 7 pounds 10 ounces and 20.5 inches long when she was born, and she has the most GORGEOUS dark blue eyes! We hope they don't change too much, but if they do, we are pretty sure they will be some shade of blue. :)

WELL, that was our week. Now we are just settling in and getting used to the idea of being parents. We are thrilled and we can't wait to see what the future has in store for our little girl! :)