1 Month

I can't believe that Stella is already a month old. That is still crazy to me. The time sure does fly. We love her even though she is pretty colicky. We are hoping that she grows out that sooner than later! We took her to the dr and she said she was looking very healthy. Her stats

Height- 20 in- 10-25% ( apparently she is short!)

Weight- 9.9 lbs- 50-75%

Head- 36cm- 25%

What she likes to do:

Eat and look at the lights

We love this little girl!

(It's a little hard to get a picture of her not crying without rocking her, that's why it's a little blurry)

Pictures!

Well we attempted some pictures of the girls. I wanted one of all 3 and quickly realized that was probably not going to happen :) Stella wasn't in a great mood and every time I tried to put her on her stomach she would try and nurse what ever was close. Reagan and Alice of course, were hamming it up for me!

This was the best we could get of the 3 of them!

She wasn't a fan of the hat, but it was so cute!

Stella Mae Graham

Stella made her entrance into the world on Dec. 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM.  Here is her story: After months of being nervous that she'd come on Christmas, Stella was a good little girl and waited until after Christmas to be born.

We decided to induce her on the December 30th. Nick and I left the house at 7:15 am to be there for our 7:30 induction. It was weird going in for the induction since I knew what was awaiting me.  My nerves were going crazy! We checked in to the hospital and they immediately took us back to the birthing room.

My Dr. was already at the hospital and said she would check on me and then make a plan from there.  I had been super uncomfortable the last couple of weeks and when she checked me she said no wonder I was already at a 5!

Dr. Ivie then broke my water to see what would happen.  Nothing happened.

After about an hour I got my epidural anyway and when I was at a six, they started me on a Pictocin drip. The machine that my Pictocin drip was on kept on beeping. My nurse was really nice, but this was one of her first shifts at Spring Valley (she was usually at UMC) so she kept trying to figure out why the alarm was going off.  After 2 hours of no contractions and the machine constantly beeping, they brought in another nurse and it turned out they had the IV hooked up wrong and I wasn't getting any Pictocin.

Once that was fixed I went from a 6 to a 10 in one hour.  Five minutes of pushing later, Stella popped right out! It was the calmest and easiest labor I ever had! She was a healthy 7 lbs 3 oz. and 19 inches long.

We are so happy that she is here! She wasn't the happiest baby when she came out, and had a little scowl on her face, but she has since been much happier and we are loving that she is part of our family. The girls are LOVING her. Reagan can't hold her enough and Alice loves to give her kisses if she is awake, sleeping, or crying! And if you were wondering, she is named after 2 of her great grandmothers!