LeRisa's Adventures at Home: June 2011

I wanted to update everyone on our first week home. Brooke is doing wonderful! We're enjoying every second with her! It's amazing how much time I can sit and stare at her and simply study her every feature. Chad went back to work on Monday at a job in Shelton, which is such a blessing! He usually is working in Tacoma. He's home every day by 3:45pm, so we still have a lot of the day to spend together! My mom came over and helped out on Monday since it was our first full day home. It was a huge help! We've also had a few visitors stop by to see Brooke :)

We had Brooke's first appointment this week. She now weighs 7lbs, 13 1/2 ozs! Most babies lose weight after they are born and aren't expected to gain it back until about 2 weeks, but she's almost there! I'm so happy she's feeding so well! Nursing has gone perfect from the beginning! She wakes up to feed about once every two hours at this point and then quickly goes back to sleep. I can't wait for her to be awake more often!!

As for me...I'm doing really well! I'm still trying to do as little as possible to allow my body to heal, but I'm already feeling so much better than the first day we came home! I was so lucky to have had such an amazing labor and delivery experience, so my recovery isn't as bad as I had imagined! I've lost 23 of the 31 pounds that I gained during my pregnancy and feel great!

Thank you everyone for all of your gifts and well wishes! Our little family has grown and we just can't stop smiling!

Here are a few pictures that Chad and I took. We had fun with our mini photo shoot in the living room!