Sloan Lillian Kunz

Finally a blog about our beautiful new bundle of joy. Sloan Lillian.....

She was born Monday, July 19th at 12:38 pm, weighing in at 7' 11" and 20 1/2 inches long. We had a scheduled C-section and all I have to say is, BEST THING EVER. We went in, did some things and had a baby! Yea. The recovery was so much better and easier on me. Sloan came out looking like a doll, with very chunky cheeks.

She is a dream, sleeps well, poops A LOT! Eats ok, we had some issues the first week with her having a bad case of diarrhea that led to her going on formula for a few days and a fun trip to the ER. She is much better now and we will find out in a few hours how much she weighs, we are thinking well over 8 pounds. She had dropped down to 7'4" but by her turning a week she was back to birth weight plus an ounce. She is still on formula plus my milk, but will only take the bottle. So much different than Gavin, but it is nice for the family to help feed her. I just miss the bonding of breast feeding.

Big brother Gavin absolutely loves her, wants to kiss her a lot, and of course hold her. Last week when he was getting ready to go to school he told me he didn't want to go, "because he would miss his baby." I literally started crying. He is very sweet to her, to us, not so much. He is still in his terrible 2's and has thrown more tantrums in the past 2 weeks than ever before. But happy to say he adores his sissy. That is all I really care about, that he is nice to her and isn't resentful and mean to her.

Our first two weeks with her have been action packed! Not just her trip to the Er, but we have gone out for dinner with her twice now (three times after tonight, we are meeting some friends for Sushi! Yum!), been to Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, the park, swim lessons twice, and this past weekend we went up to Estes for a bit and went for a small hike around Bear Lake. More of a walk really and for lunch in town. Of course I brought the camera to document this and went to take a picture only to find out that the battery was dead. Oh well! She did amazing every time.

I have realized that Gavin is more work than she is! She is definitely sleeping better than her big brother~seriously that kid is up ALL THE TIME in the night. He doesn't want to sleep with us, he wants Daddy to sleep with him. It is a joy.

Some cute comments from my son lately: When Sloan was crying and my Mom was holding her, "Don't cry baby, Grammy will take care of you." Made both my Mom and I cry! Since I am pumping, he is fascinated with it and I have caught him a few times trying to "pump his boobies". Or he will bust in on my while I am pumping and ask, "do you have milk yet Mommy?" Greg will be appalled I put this on here, but oh well! At least I am not posting the pics of him actually pumping! I do love all the pics of him with his helmet and/or goggles on. He wears his helmet constantly. As you can see, even to go to the bathroom. He is a nut job!

On another note, I just made my very first batch of zucchini bread, and then realized we have no butter. Still yummy though! We are on day 8 of no fridge and are out of everything! Luckily Gavin is camping with my Mom and Marv right now. You have no idea how much you rely on appliances until one is on the fritz. Thanks again to all the well wishers! We appreciate it!