Deep Thought

Evie is quite the thinker!
So tomorrow I am going back to work. It is sad that I won't be able to be around all day to help take care of her. I think Kris will do well with her, but there will probably be less sleep with me working. We'll see how it goes. So what has the past 2 weeks been like?
Well the first bit was occupied by 52 hours of labour. Kris came through that very well. I was so proud of her handling the whole process. I don't think I would have had the same strength. We had a pretty positive experience with the hospital in Calgary. The medical staff was mostly excellent. Most negative experiences were because of the staff being overwhelmed.
Once Evie was born we came home as soon as possible. We were lucky enough to get a private room, but the hospital is just not a comfortable place to recover. We were able to rest much better once we were home. Kristin's Mom stayed with us for 3 days and helped us out so much by cooking, cleaning and taking Evie so we could both sleep. It was very much appreciated.
We were home Thursday night and from Friday on we had a constant stream of visitors/activities until the next Thursday. We really enjoyed having people over to ooh and aah over Evie. It was nice though to have a couple days where we didn't have to do anything but eat and sleep. That's pretty much all Evie's been doing so far, though she entertains us with her funny faces on occasion. She already makes little half smiles that are so cute. I understand it is pretty rare for babies to smile so soon. She's been a pretty good sleeper so we aren't too sleep deprived yet. For the first 5 days she was rather yellow with jaundice, but she ate and slept well and it's all gone now. I had to learn to deal with anxiety about her eating enough / sleeping enough / getting healthy, but so far she has done great. I wasn't quite prepare for how emotionally loaded this process would be so I was stressed at first, but now am feeling much better. During the pregnancy I put on 15 pounds and I think I lost 5-10 of that in the first 5 days 'cause I was to stressed to eat much. I can spare the weight though.
Here's a picture after bath time!