Chloe Anne Arrives

Chloe arrived on October 28th, 2010 at 8 :07 A.M. She weighed 6 lbs and 4 oz. and was 18 and 3/4 inches long. Her Apgar score was a 9 both times. She had no problems with the C-section I ended up having because she was breech. The Dr. tried to turn her manually four times but she was not budging. She is strong girl.

We stayed in the hospital for four days to recooperated. I started to nurse her an hour after she was born. Clint go to go to the nursery with her right after they delivered her. He held her little hand while her Apgar scores were taken and she was cleaned off. Once I was finshed with surgery, I got to reunite with Clint and Chloe back in our room.

We had two sets of family come in to visit after we spent some alone time with our new bundle of joy. Clint's parents and my dad came back to see her. Then my mom, Clint's brother Trevor and my best friend Kim came back to see her. We had lots of visitors the whole four days we were at the hospital. Clint's boss Penny and her daughter Miranda. Shannon and her husband, Pete, Eden and Bethany from our church, Eddie our pastor, and Carrie my co-worker and friend. I was so grateful for the visitors and all the gifts they brought to our little Chloe.

The nurses, nursery workers and lactation specialists at the hospital were great. It was a rough 24 hours with the c-section recovery. I have never had surgery before then and was not sure what to expect. The nurses walked me through everything and helped me through being connected to all the wires and IV.

Clint was also wonderful during the whole process. He seemed to go a little white as we were whisked off to the OR for the c-section. He looked cute in the scrubs. He was very supportive to me and then was right there for Chloe and stayed with her since the moment she was born. He spent every night with me in the hospital pull out chair which I know was not comfortable. He helped me in and out of bed and even rubbed lotion on my legs one day. He would assist me with burping Chloe after feedings which is now one of his bonding times with her since it hurts to hold her a certain way with the c-section and evergrowing chest area. He gave me a push present the day before we went into the hospital. He gave me my favorite cake from my favorite bakery. I am glad he is happy to be a dad and I know he will be the best dad ever.
Oh and he says we need to take a picture of Chloe every Thursday. I said that was a good idea and then he said till she is 18. I said that may not work but he was kinda serious. I can just see her telling her friends she can't go out Thurs. nights because she had to get her picture taken. lol

I am also very grateful to my dad and Clint's parents who came to town for the birth. They stayed at our home while we were in the hospital and came to visit every day for most of the day during our four day stay. It was nice to have my dad around and he was very caring toward me and loved spending time with granddaughter number 2. He is a sucker for girls. I still call him Daddy and I am 31. Clint's parents are still at the house helping us with laundry cooking and holding Chloe, their favorite thing of the three to do. Things would definately have been rougher this first week if they had not been here.

Chloe continue to do well the first first few days at home. Her first Dr's appt was today (details to come later) and the doctor gave her all kinds of compliments. She is doing great.

She has made it through the first week with flying colors. She had many of her firsts this week also. First smile, bath, tummy time, swing ride and bouncy seat ride. I will post pics of these and also you can see pictures of Chloe from birth till now on the shutterfly website her grandama put together for her. chloeannratliff.shutterfly.com