The Newest Addition

The new one is here. Adalyn Grace Miller was born on April 5th at 8:05AM. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 21 and a half inches long.

Addy made her entrance into the world in the same way that most babies do; flailing her never before stretched out limbs and screaming as if she was just ripped unwillingly from her mother's womb. In this respect she was very similar to her big brother. Which is also the reason that Seth still assumed it was a boy until she was turned around to say hello to everyone.

Tears of joy were not in shortage as those precious screams echoed off of the green sterile walls of the operating room. While Seth filmed, the slightly accented anesthesiologist snapped some very impressive pictures.

Adalyn likes to hold her hands up to her face when she sleeps, but that's pretty much where her similarities to her big brother end. She is so totally different than Isaac. Some things are a little hard to remember from Isaac being this age, but Addy's personality is obviously completely different.

We are at day 2 at Saint John's hospital. Katie's first day and first half of the second day were pretty rough. This surgery did not go as smoothly as the first. The pain is much worse this time around. It makes everything else a lot harder. Katie was basically incapacitated for most of Tuesday with pain and exhaustion. We're much better off today and Katie has taken a couple of laps around the maternity ward to prove it.

Isaac has not met his little sister yet, nor has he seen his mom since Monday night. Seth has been with Isaac for a few hours each day and was able to rock him to sleep Wednesday night. The separation of Isaac from his mom has been a tremendous burden and she is anxious to see him on Thursday.

We will likely be here until Friday afternoon or morning depending on what the surgeon says. The doctors and surgeons that we have been in contact with have been exceptional during this stay and we have not dealt with anything similar to our encounter with the anesthesiologist from hell during our first visit here two and a half years ago.

As is generally the case, the doctors might as well be lamp posts without the incredible support and work of the nurses. We have had the pleasure of dealing with a lot of the same nurses as we had with Isaac that had enough of an impact to be remembered by us more than two years later.

Thank you to everyone that have stopped by, given presents and wished us well. We look forward to introducing our newest family member to family and friends. Most of all, we can't wait to get our normal life started as a family of four.