Hello :)

The blog is finally ready! I decided with everyone on my side of the family living so far away, I should do what Elise did and create a blog for everyone to keep up with everything that is going on with us and with Calla. Just to catch up to everything that has happened until now, Calla Brielle was born on December 1, 2010 weighing 6 lbs. 12 ounces. If you ask me, the delivery was not bad at all, but if you ask my mom or Tim, they would say otherwise. I was induced around 10 in the morning, and had her at 7:27 at night. I got an epidural, which was WONDERFUL :). But then I got some random infection which caused a fever and vomiting, as well as some high blood pressure, and Calla was head down, but turned to the side, but with the epidural they could really do anything so that was fixable. But overall, I would say it was a good delivery with a great doctor and a great nurse and I am not so scared now for the second one! She was born right around the holidays, so almost all of our immediate family has been able to meet her! Sadly, Elise, Rudd, and Remi live all the way in Michigan, so they weren't able to come for Christmas, but hopefully they will get to meet Calla this summer! It was hard to see everyone leave after getting to spend so much time together, but hopefully we will all be able to get together again soon. So now that everyone has left, we have just been getting the hang of taking care Calla and not sleeping of course. Tim started classes on January 10th and is working, so he is pretty exhausted, but taking very good care of me and Calla :). I deferred this semester, so I can stay home and focus on taking care of Calla, which I don't mind :). Some new developments with Calla are her ability to smile at us now when we smile at her and learning how to grab things and pick them up (mainly just her paci, she likes to hold it by the silicone part). She is now 1 and a half months old and weighs between 9 and 10 pounds already! I can't believe how fast she is growing and changing everyday. As for changes with Tim and I, there is not much to report. My doctor is still a little concerned about my blood pressure being high, but from what I can tell it is not too bad, so everything should be good there. Things are changing everyday, so my goal is to write at least once a week on the blog... we will see how that goes!