Birth to Two Weeks Old!

As most of you know, Lucy Meyer MacDonald was born on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 1:06 p.m.  We checked into the hospital Monday night at 7:00 p.m. after eating dinner with both of our families.  They began giving us the pills that induced the labor.  At 5:40 a.m. the next morning (Tuesday), my water broke before the doctor came in and the contractions were definitely strong.  After the epidural, Cara didn't feel a thing.  When she was born, she was beautiful!  

After they cleaned her off, Lucy looked much better!  :)

When the epidural wore off, Cara was so hungry.  Hadn't eaten since dinner the night before!  

This picture was taken on Wednesday, the day after she was born.  We were finally able to dress Lucy in her clothes! 

Bob and Linda loved holding her!

Cole and Meemaw with Baby Lucy at the hospital.  Cole looks like one proud daddy!

Austin and Bruce with Lucy.

Who knew that a room full of adults could be so mesmerized by a baby??

This picture was taken on Thursday, the day that we finally got to take Lucy home!  Even though it was only two days after she was born, it seemed like forever!

Bob and Linda picked us up from the hospital to take us home.  When we got back to the apartment, they both had decorated the place and provided cake and lunch for everyone!  We loved it!!

We still can't believe that the day we came home from the hospital everyone went to dinner at a Korean restaurant!

Lucy's first sponge bath at home!

Lucy loves to sleep with her hands around her face.  We tried swaddling her, but she is like Houdini!  Her arms magically appear after about thirty seconds!

We just got home from taking newborn pictures a week after Lucy was born. 

Here she is in "the roo" already working on a bad habit - thumb sucking :).

Now, we can't believe that Lucy is already a little over two weeks old!  She keeps growing so much... and by that we mean that she has such chubby little cheeks and legs.  Lucy loves to cuddle and be held, which we obviously don't have a problem with either :).  When she opens her eyes really wide, we call her "bright eyes".  Lucy has been opening her eyes much more lately and loves staring at lamps.  She sometimes has this face that we call her "old lady face" because she puffs out her lips and raises her eyebrows.  We will try and catch her in the action and post a picture.  

Winnie has really taken an interest in Lucy.  Here's a picture of Cole holding her and Winnie trying to be right in the middle of everything.

Lucy loves the car - she usually just falls asleep.  We've been to Central Market, out to dinner, shopping, and up to Cole's work to meet her daddy for lunch.  She is such a trooper!  Her mild temperament and laid back attitude is one that she received from Cole.  We can tell that she is already going to be a daddy's girl.  

We bought a swing/bouncer called a "mamaroo" that is in the living room and she loves it.  It has five different movements with sounds and a vibrant colored mobile.  She will stare at the mobile for a long time while she is moving.  Sometimes it puts her to sleep, but most of the time she is wide awake.  

Lucy has been sleeping in our room next to the bed in a little rocker.  She usually only wakes up once a night around 2:00-3:00, but lately she has been waking up twice, which puts her up when Cole wakes up for work around 5:45.  It's usually pretty easy to put her back to sleep.  

Here is one picture of Lucy when she is SUPPOSED to be asleep in her rocker, but is wide awake.

We are on the way to lunch!  In this picture, you can really tell that she has her daddy's hair!! 

Cole feeding Lucy and, again, Winnie being right there with her.  

She's been so much fun and we can't wait to see what the pediatrician says about how much she's grown on Friday.  We will let you know!