Baby Ellla

Ella Grace Wolf made her debut April 30, 2010. She was born at 12:06 PM weighing 7 lbs. 9 oz. and measuring 19 ¾ inches in length. So far she has proven to be a great sleeper, we typically have to wake her up to eat and there are usually a few naps during mealtime. Just hope this continues once we get home!

Delivery went great.  We love our planned c-section!  My doctor always said I had a textbook pregnancy and I think that it is safe to say that the delivery was pretty textbook itself.  Fortunately it was pretty quiet around the hospital, so I was only in recovery for a little over and hour and Ella joined us in the room about an hour after that. 

Ella's first night went well.  She stayed with us in the room until around 11:00 and then went to spend some time with the nurses in the nursery.  You might think that would allow us to get some rest, but between the visits from the nurse, nurse tech, anesthesia nurses and I can't even remember who else, we got rest, but it was by no means a good solid night sleep.  Seems silly to say this, but we are looking forward to getting home and only having to wake up every 3-4 hours.  Fortunately Ella was a big enough baby so the nurses haven't been fussed about making her follow a strict eating routine, they've encouraged the 4 hour timeline for eating at night.  

Ella came back to the room around 6:00 this morning and hung out with us all day. Well, she did go back to the nursery for her hearing test, which she passed.  Not sure if "passed" is the right term, no clue how they do a hearing test on a 24 hour old baby!   They got me up and walking pretty early today.  Can't say I am leaping up from a sitting position, but thanks to some strong drugs I am not in much pain at all, just a little sore. Our day consisted of taking walks around the hospital halls, introducing Ella to the Heather, Alex and Abbi Turner, Aunt Jean and Uncle Tom,  Meme and her most important visitor - big sister Addison.