Nursing Pad Discus...

This evening, I discovered the latest new sport for parents of infants: nursing pad discus.  Basically, you take the saturated nursing pad (don't worry, it's not wet to the touch.  it's more like a jelly fish - think stinging nettle) and you get in your discuss stance, and the object is to get the nursing pad in the trash can.  Now, since it was my first time, and since I'm pretty sure I just invented the sport, I didn't even get close to the trash can, but with a few days' practice, I'm sure I'll be hitting thudders in no time.

Tuesday & Wednesday were ok days...

On Tuesday, we slept so well the night before, that I overslept and was awoken by the Haverty's technician, who was coming to tell me that a part to the china cabinet that we just got the day before Maggie was born had to be replaced.  Of course, I knew that this was going to be the outcome, but the policy is to send the technician first, then order parts or reorder the entire thing later...so our new part, or possibly new hutch for the china cabinet, will arrive in 2-3 weeks. 

Anyway, to get back to talking about Maggie, she gave us a great night leading in to Tuesday, so we both felt pretty well rested.  She ate well, slept well, & gave us more than enough diapers during the day.

...and then there was Tueday night.  I think it was almost a repeat of the week before, except that she wasn't jaundice, and her diapers were a bit heavier.  Poor Annie slept probably 4 hours all night.  Wednesday morning came, and she & Mag-pie slept in after the morning feeding. 

We had visitors Wedneday afternoon.  Suzie Walker & Dee White - long time family friends of mine & members of my parents' church - came over with a gift from the church and to see the little one.  We received two very nice hand-knit caps for Maggie, although the second one was VT color coordinated, so we can reuse it if we have a boy in a few years. :)

Maggie was quite ornery(sp?) both Tuesday & Wednesday afternoons.  We thought that maybe she was just hungry, but half the time that wasn't the case.  What happened to that baby decoder ring we got at the hospital?  I think we must have forgotten to get the final version from the postpartum nurses. 

The cutest things that we saw the past two days were more of her sleeping poses.  She loves to stretch in her sleep, complete with grunts, gurgles, and the occasional squeak.  Here are the best sleeping photos we got from the past two days:

Raise the Roof!!

What a rough day!

Gettin' "jiggy" wit it!

Holding Mommy's hand.