She was born Saturday the 5th and weighed 7lbs and 6oz, the same as her big brother Danny, (and as my brother and I). Her face is such a perfect blend of her parents, and the nurses had attached a little bow on her head (I would have NEVER thought was cool before I saw it!) and she looked like the "ideal" baby girl. I couldn't figure out how they had attached that bow and was shocked when Adrianne said they use some sort of glue. If I were a labor & delivery nurse the last thing I would think of to do to a newborn is glue junk on it's head, but it DID make her look like a doll.
Seeing Cora and Adrienne at the hospital the next morning was surreal; it felt like we were JUST there. Seeing Fox and Danny run around the room screaming and raising hell when it seemed like yesterday that THEY were in those little plastic, rolling beds made me feel sorta dreamy.
Those two boys were going crazy! Danny was so reluctant to get near Cora at first; he didn't even want to have his picture made with her. He and Fox spent most of the time stepping on the pedal of the "soiled laundry" bin and making the lid raise and crash down. They were hysterical about it and there was no parenting method we could employ to get them to stop, so we just let them play knowing that if any of the laundry flew out, at least we know who soiled it.
Cora was healthy and pink for the first twenty or so hours of her life, but then her red blood cell levels went haywire and they ended up having to stay a little bit longer, and then having to bring home a light bed for phototherapy. Jaundice is a common issue for newborns.
For some reason bright lights help break down built up bilirubin in the skin which occurs as a result of a not fully developed liver, or jaundice. Poor Cora had to stay in this little baby tanning bed ALL the time with the exception of feeding and changing. It was so hard for Adrienne because all she wanted to do was hold Cora and let her sleep comfortably. In an attempt to make the experience a bit less horrific, the nurses (again) glued velcro tabs on Cora's temples to attach little, padded shades to her head so she could sleep. (This was exemplary of the sort of cause that would warrant gluing something to a newborn's head..) They also drew closed eyelids and lashes on the glasses which I thought was a good aesthetic decision.
Last weekend when I took these photos it was so nice and warm outside; we tried to spend as much time as we could out in the yard. The trees were blooming and the breeze was warm... Adrienne stayed inside with Cora and tried to relax, even though it was a bright as the sun and gave her a headache. From outside it looked like they were either growing pot or smoking it.
Adriannes parents came to visit from Pennsylvania and I'm sure that was mucho helpful.
This weekend the weather was awful. It became really windy and knocked a bunch of trees out, then a cold front. After making a Saturday style breakfast Fox and I went outside to play and then walked to the park, then later Jason took him mushroom hunting and came back with a bunch of morels. Culinarally speaking, our weekend was more decadent than most.
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