big brother

We haven't really been sure how Kaylor would react to having a baby around. We weren't sure if he'd transition ok to having to share our attention with another little person.

His first reaction was priceless. Nick introduced him to the baby (while I was still holding her) and asked if he liked the baby. He screamed "No!" and ran off. Same reaction when he was asked whether he wants to keep the baby... He seemed confused. So Nick picked her up and showed him the baby up close. Nick changed the question to, "Do you want to kiss the baby."

Kaylor's affectionate side definitely won out :).

Since then he can't stop peeking at her. Unfortunately he thinks poking her in her sleep will get her to interact. We're still trying to make him understand that doing that will just trigger a miserable reaction from her.

We asked him again today if he wants to keep the baby. It's definitely a Yes now.


PS:
The only thing that bothers him is that I take more pictures of her than him. So he tries to sneak in the pictures. :)


PPS:
And sibling aggravation begins:

and now there are two

When I had my 39 week appointment on Thursday morning, my doc said I was already dilated to 3. She offered to strip the membranes to get labor going if I wanted to - but since our project at work still hasn't officially finished, I told her I wanted to just wait. :)

Guess the intervention wasn't necessary anyway. I started having contractions after I got back to work. Not painful but they became more and more regular as the hours passed. I called Nick to tell him tonight might be it so he better get home from work early. :)

At around 7pm, I started timing the contractions and they were consistently coming in at 2,3, and 5 minutes apart. So we figured we should probably visit the hospital; they can always just make us go home. :)

At 7:45, we got to the check-in desk and I was sent in for triage. After getting checked by the nurse, we were admitted. Apparently when you are dilated at minimum to a 4, they don't let you go home. At 9:20, the doc manually broke my water to help speed things along. At around 1am, I was still just at 6, then an at 2am, apparently it just jumped to 10. :)

10 mins of pushing later, Kaia was born. 6 lbs 7oz and 19 inches long. She beat out her bro in both height and weight.