My sister Hannah...

Here's a video of Madeline announcing the birth of Hannah - Madeline is such an amazing big sister already. She's extremely gentle and nurturing, always making sure Hannah's toes are covered, giving her a paci when she needs it and kissing her all over. It's been so neat to see her in this role. What a blessing these two are already!


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Hannah is Here

Hannah Elyse Giles was born June 15th at 1:31 pm. She is 8 lbs 2 oz and 20 inches long. We had a bit of a rough time but she's much more stable now.

We came to the hospital Friday morning because I was having abdominal pain Thursday night that wouldn't subside. I had an infection in my amniotic fluid and a placental abruption. The Dr decided to induce labor and broke my water. Hannah's heartbeat was irregular and my fever spiked so within 10 mins of breaking my water, they decided to do a C Section. The delivery went very quickly but Hannah had the same infection that I had. Hannah was placed in the special care unit and required oxygen, antibiotics and an IV to keep her glucose level up. I didn't get to see her until Saturday morning at 9:00 because I wasn't able to visit her until my fever broke. She couldn't be held until this morning either. But we have good news now. We've been able to hold her several times today, she's been able to come to our room to visit, she's been weaned off of the oxygen and I was able to breastfeed her for the first time this evening. I think we'll be in the hospital until Tuesday.

We are so grateful that in spite of the complications, we are both stabilized and doing well now. God has been amazing in providing us peace through everything we've faced the last 2 days. Thank you for praying with us!!

I'm nana's baby

Our newest development - when Madeline does something that is "baby ish" she says it's because she's Nana's Baby. I think this is her way of working through the idea that there is going to be a new baby in the family :) Yesterday I let her get herself in the car while I filled up a water bottle for the splash park and when I got to the car, this is what I found!


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Update on Hannah 6/8/07

Went back to the OB this morning for another check up and still no progress! Silly Hannah, she'll come when she's ready I guess. We had initially scheduled an induction on 6/13/07 and then I pushed it back to 6/20/07 to give Hannah more time to come on her own. Today my Dr assured me that this was a good decision because she may have decided to push it back anyway based on today's appointment - I guess that since we're not progressing on our own, it would have put us at a greater risk for a C Section. I still can't see how we're going to make it another 13 days but what do I know? HAHA! I'll post new pics soon. Love you all!

Incredible Pizza with Brooke

Look at that Belly!

I went to the OB today (6/4/07) and there's been no change. I thought for sure that Hannah had dropped and that I'd be further dilated but no such luck! I must say I'm a little disappointed but this does give us some extra time to prepare. Hannah will come when she's ready. Can't wait to post her first picture!

My belly has really exploded in the past few weeks! Chrissy was able to catch a pic of Madeline kissing her sister Hannah

New plans for Hannah's birth...

Hannah is due on June 23rd and all is going well. My belly is stretched to the limit - we're pretty sure Hannah will be bigger than Madeline was. We decided to set up a date to be induced and are scheduled to check in on Wed June 20th at 5 am (what an awful time to have to get to the hospital!!) Honestly, none of us think that Hannah will wait that long to join us but we'll see! I'm hoping to go into labor on my own this time since I didn't get to experience that with Madeline. But whatever happens I'm so grateful that I've been healthy this pregnancy and haven't swollen like I did with Madeline. We'll keep you all posted and can't wait to share pictures of our second baby girl!!