Alumni Basketball and our Little Girl

This past Saturday Drew and I took Jenna to Cedarville for the alumni basketball game. It was exciting getting out and introducing her to our friends, but at the same time it was nerve racking for me - not knowing how she'd be behave, if she'd be tired and fussy, if she'd want to nurse every hour (as does sometimes), or if she'd be crying and inconsolable. However, she did marvelously! She slept through both the women's and men's alumni game (although I'm sure she was still rooting for her daddy in her sleep). We ended up staying longer than we anticipated, which was nice being able to spend more time with friends.

CU alumni that played in the game on Saturday

Curt Fleck, Eric Leininger, Drew, Anthony Delimpo

On another note, Drew and I gave Jenna a bath yesterday after she spit up all over herself (and Drew). When I had her in the tub, she just looked so cute - I had to take some pictures!

And since the temperature got up in the 40's on Sunday we decided to take Jenna for a walk in her stroller. I've already decided that (Lord willing) we'll be having our next child during warmer months! It's so difficult being "trapped" inside and not being able to take her out on walks to get some fresh air. So anyway we decided to take advantage of the warm(er) weather. And, knowing me, I had to take pictures of our first walk with Jenna.

Jenna in her stroller ready to go

And here's one more picture of Jenna that I just love...

My mom took this picture the other day when she was watching Jenna.

Drew and I think she has blue eyes. We're hoping they'll stay blue, although the pediatrician said blue eyes can change up to a year later.

The other day my mom gave me some pictures of when I was a baby to compare them with Jenna's baby pictures. There's no doubt that she's my little girl - the resemblance is almost scary! But don't worry...she definitely has her daddy's LONG fingers and BIG feet.

Here's a picture of me as a baby...

And here's a picture of Jenna...

Well, I hear my little girl grunting and groaning, so I think I'll go give her some attention.

On my own

This is the first day that I'm "on my own" with Jenna. Drew took 2 weeks off from work (which was such a blessing!) and since he works for the government, he also had yesterday off. So now after 2+ weeks of help from Drew, I am all alone. I really can't complain though - Jenna's such a laid back little girl. I know we'll have days that she's not a little angel, but, for the most part she is, which makes it really nice.

So far we've had a good day. I've fed her a few times, she stared at herself in the mirror (her pediatrician told us that babies love to look at human faces at her age), and now she's napping while mommy tries to get a few things done.

And with that I'll leave you with some pictures of our little girl that we took at home.

Drew's mom came out to meet her new granddaughter. She was here from Tuesday through Sunday and she was such a huge help!

We also gave Jenna her first bath (at home) while she was here.

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures from the first week after Jenna was born...

Leaving the hospital

We're home!

Jenna's first diaper change at home

Bailey meets his new sister

Of course he has to sniff her to make sure everything's alright

Daddy-daughter time

Mommy-daughter time

She's FINALLY here!

We are pleased to introduce our precious little girl... :)

Jenna Marie Borton!

She was born on Friday, January 2nd at 1:32 pm. She weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and is 21 inches long.

On Thursday evening (Jan 1) around 8:00 pm I started noticing my contractions were becoming more consistent and were about 7 minutes apart. By 10:30 pm they were 4 minutes apart, so Drew and I headed to the hospital.

The nurse checked me out and I was only 4-5 cm dilated (the same amount I was that Tuesday at my doctor appt), so the doctor wanted us to stay for 2 hours and then be checked out again. If I had progressed, they were going to admit us, but if I had not, they were going to send us home. So we waited 2 hours, and around 1:30am she informed us that we were going home since I hadn't dilated anymore. However, she noticed some inconsistencies with the baby's heartbeat on the monitor, so the doctor requested that we stay overnight. Then around 5am the nurse checked me again. I was a full 5 cm dilated, and soon after was admitted to the hospital as being "in labor." By about 9:00am I was at 6 cm and then by 11:40a I was at 8cm. At this point the contractions were VERY intense and I was debating about getting an epidural. I decided to wait another 1/2 hour until the nurse checked me again to see if I had progressed. If I had, I was going to go for it without any medication; however, if I had not progressed, I was going to go for the meds!! Thankfully the labor progressed quickly and by 12:20p I was at 9cm, and then by about 1:00p I was at 10cm. Baby Jenna arrived at 1:32pm...yeah!!


Here are a few pictures from our time in the hospital...

More pictures of Jenna's first week and a half to come!