A Rockin' Video

Sue with Evvie

Sweet Little Face

Bath Time!

Evelyn got her first full-on bath this week. As she sunk into the warm water her squirms turned to a soft contentment and she did not want to get out.
Mommy was pleased at her reaction to the water. There may have been a hint of the Australian Crawl and possibly the backstroke. Swim lessons will be beginning shortly...




Or perhaps she'll just be a sultan on high.

Where's the Baby?

The Smiths Arrive

We had a wonderful visit from Jim & Sue this week. This Thanksgiving we were surrounded by more family than ever before. We feel so lucky that Evelyn has such wonderful grandparents. Jim, however, seemed to be a little jealous of the stylin' hats that Evelyn gets to wear. She was a dear and allowed him to borrrow her favorite pink & blue knitted hat.

It was sad to have to say goodbye, but it's only a month 'til Christmas!!!

Love my Gramma!

I love meeting my Pennsylvania Gramma and Grandpa! It's exciting that my family is so full of wonderful people. I'm exhausted from all the delight!

Sometimes she cries

Ava loves her new little cousin...most of the time.



















Iris is very interested in the "other" little baby! I'll bet she can teach Evvie a thing or two about taste-testing every toy.






Here's 4 generations of Princes together.

Napping... and not napping

An Early Lesson Learned

Evvie is two weeks old today, and at that ripe old age, she imparted some wisdom to us. She reminded us of the importance of stopping and smelling the flowers.

It's a good lesson- but presently we need not be reminded.

Evelyn Mae is an orchard in bloom... and we are inhaling deeply.

...Not Quite Ready to Talk to Grandma Sue

As you can see from the picture, Evelyn hasn't shown much interest in talking on the phone yet. This will, I'm sure, change drastically...probably about 12 or 13 years from now.

It's been a real good stretch. I've been figuring out how best to work from home, while Hal & Evvie claim to enjoy having me around. She's waking up about 3 times a night needing a slurp, but she's been pretty quiet and falls back to sleep readily.

Today Hallie had a follow-up with Natalie- blood pressure still dropping, though still not at her pre-pregnancy numbers. After that, she attended a Tea with other breastfeeding moms at a conference room in the same building. It was good for her to get out and commiserate about some concerns with other moms who have been through the same, and in most cases, worse experiences.

We both think her cheeks are looking cheekier & her hands a little bigger. Just like a Chia Pet, she's growing before our very eyes! She'll be two weeks old tomorrow if you can believe it!

A Visit to Turner

There's a good reason we call her my "Great" Grammy!

Nappin' with the Dog

VIDEO TEST

Click here for a movie of Evvie yawning & rooting

Please let me know if this works or doesn't work. It works for me, but I'm on a Mac. If it does work, enjoy!

Smaller Version For Slower Connections

My Girls

Leaving the Hospital

Hallie & our Midwife, Natalie Rockwell. What a team!
















Looks like we're all loaded up and ready for the car!

















It's hard deciding which of the new Grandparents get to hold me!
















After all this excitement, I think I'll take a little snooze...

Hospital Photo

Here's the link to the hopital website photo of beautiful baby Evvie! It wasn't posted as of 3:30 on Friday, but I am told it will be posted tonight:

Midcoast Hospital Beautiful Babies

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

Ladies & Gentlemen!
Introducing Evelyn Mae Prince!

Born 7pm November 3, 2005.
6 lbs 15.8 oz (Let's just call her 7 Lbs.)
20" long
Beautiful as can be.

Where did you leave it?

Hallie lost her mucuous plug. Just up and lost it the other night. "Where did you leave it?" I keep asking her.
Honestly.

There's lots of other news, too. We had another biophyysical profile on Tuesday morning. Hallie munched a few Skittles in the waiting room to get that baby movin' and WHOOO DOGGIES! The sugar rush had the baby doing heaadspins and waving her arms all around. It was fun to watch. All the measurements seemed good, but we found that the amniotic fluid volume had dropped. We were sure to point this out to Natalie a few moments later when we saw her.

Of course the nurses alreay knew that things were changing & moving along for Hallie because of the flakes of blood in her urine. Everybody was excited and asked Hallie if she was feeling any contractions. She wasn't. Her cervix is 1cm dilated and about 50% effaced. These are all great signs that things are moving along, and with any luck we won't have to induce her- although they are finding protein in her urine, so her PIH is still a problem. It's too bad she can't walk around and let gravity help this baby out.

So we're still waiting- she's at 38 weeks & it's not going to be long now!

AG Shower for Jay!

On Halloween the wonderful folks at Associated Grocers of Maine threw a great shower & luncheon for Hallie & I. Since Hallie was at home on bedrest, I had the honors of being in the spotlight.

Many thanks to all the kind gifts and donations. We've certainly got a leg up now on getting this new child off to a great start!

What could this be?



That takes the cake!



I know momma's going to love this color!



Lunch was, of course, amazing!

Yin Yang Family