Izzy's many faces

Izzy, so far, has many faces that we can tell. The best ones can't really be captured on film. They go a little something like this...

"Izzy, with projectile spit up."
"Izzy, stretching her neck...like a little baby bird waiting for food."
"Izzy, focusing on pooping."
"Izzy, happy because she just pooped, and she timed it right so that it was in a just changed diaper, or better yet, before you got the diaper on."

or my favorite...

"Izzy, sleeping and smiling and sticking out my tongue because, yes, I am thinking about Mommy's boobies."

Here are some faces that we did capture...not as fun, but easier to picture (or just look.)


Izzy, cross-eyed and perplexed



Bored



Thinking



Tired

Formally Introducing Isabelle Katherine Pack

Well, here's how it all went...when I went into the doctor on Friday, September 7, he said my blood pressure was high and was worried about pre-eclampsia (aka toxemia), so he put me on bedrest for the weekend, and scheduled to induce me on Tuesday, Sept 11 at 6am. Bedrest sucked. Mostly because my blood pressure was high due to my recent diet of pizza and pepsi (my sister said that pepperoni pizza helped start labor...). Well, at 12:22am on Sept 11, my water broke. So much for scheduling everything. After 6 hours of labor, I had a C-section because the baby's heart rate was dropping every time I had a contraction. So, Izzy was born at 6:17am. She weighed 7lbs 2oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She scored a 9 on her Apgar, only because she was blue when she came out. Blue, you ask? Yes, because she had the cord wrapped around her neck (Oh...that's why her heart rate was dropping...)

Anyways, Izzy (aka Izzy Kat aka Birdie Neck aka Isabelly) is doing well. She lost some weight, but that's normal. She is now 10 days old, and already has learned some fun things. Like it's best to wait to poop until either A) right after she's just had her diaper changed, or B) while getting her diaper changed (did you know that babies can have projectile poop?). She's also learned that she likes having her hair played with, and is too small for 0-3 clothes (we had to go out and buy some "just born" onesies, after the only ones that fit (that we got from a friend) all got pooped, spit up, and peed on). She also likes to lift her right arm in the air and just wave it around. Chris pretends she's raising her hand to ask a question. She doesn't ask any, though, because she's just a baby.

Eden and Raisin have been doing pretty well with Izzy so far. Eden often will let us know if Izzy is crying, by barking at her gate. They both love to lick Izzy's feet and face and hair and hands. Izzy doesn't seem to mind. This is a work in progress...

Anyways, here she is...




She was born with a full head of hair. Old wives tales say that if you had acid reflux while pregnant, the baby will have hair. I had reflux with a vengeance, and there's the hair!




This is Izzy, during Tummy Time. She's a riot.



She's gathered all her energy, and had decided to SPRING over the Boppy pillow. She didn't really spring. It was more of a lurch, then a flop...like when you drive stick, and stall in first gear. She'll get it though.



In this one, she's flashing elaborate gang signs, really quickly. You can barely see her fingers, because they are moving so rapidly. We didn't want her to start out this way, but in the hospital, she was labeled "Baby G", and you know how labeling is these days...



And here, she's waving good-bye to everyone. Or, she got an arm free and is still learning how arms work. I'm sticking with "good-bye" though.

Biliruben Time

So, as you can tell from the altered layout of the blog, Isabelle Katherine Pack was born. She was scheduled to be induced on 11 September at 0600, but decided to come early by making a hole in the amniotic sac at 12:20 am of 11 September. After about 6 hours of labor, she was born by C-Section due to reduced heart rate during contractions. She came out with the cord around her neck, so it was a good thing they did the C-section. We had to stay in the hospital for 48 hours, and at the end of that time, she had started to develop jaunice. At first, we just thought it was her half asian side coming out, but then, she started to look like a banana, so we realized it was her Bilirubens...Jaundice is caused when "bilirubens" in her blood build up faster than the liver can break it down. It is usually harmless, and should go away in about a week, when her liver starts to catch up. To help this process, Izzy needs lots of sunlight and to eat a lot. I feed her really often now, and sometimes we try to put her in the sunlight, but it's hard to find the right balance of sunlight and getting her too hot.



Here's Izzy in her carseat, in sunlight. She didn't like the sun in her eyes, so we blocked it with a blanket.



Now you can see her face. She actually loves her car seat!



This is Izzy, close up.



And here, she is looking concerned because Biliruben time is taking too long.

Hike up Huachuca Canyon

Chris and I and the dogs went hiking up Huachuca Canyon this morning. First, we took them to the (relatively) new dog park on post and let them run around for a bit. Then, when it seemed they were tired (Rai was faking), we went hiking. We walked for about 15 minutes up, and then came back down. Because it's monsoon season here, there was more water than expected. Eden tried to drag me through the water a couple of times, but Rai was much worse. If anyone went in front of him, he threw a little fit, to include barking, and taking off across the water, regardless of how far his leash went. Twice (yes, not once, but twice), he tried to leap across a small creek, and got jerked back by his leash, and landed on his side in the creek. Twice. And because he was on his back in the water, wedged down in the rocks, he couldn't flip over to stand up and walk out. He just wiggled around on his back for awhile, until he was thoroughly wet all over, and then when he calmed down, he rolled over and walked out. He was not hurt either time he fell in, but now he smells like dirty puppy, and dirty creek water.

We also took a bunch of pictures of Chris running with the dogs. First, they were just of Rai, while I "held" Eden and took pictures, but after she barked enough to attract wild animals, we let her run over to Chris to join in the photos.


This is our athletic family.