Aunt Karen's blanket

Isabella received her special blanket from Great-Aunt Karen today....I had to take a picture of her on it, even though she wasn't cooperating and smiling for the camera. :-) Aunt Karen (my mother's sister) has made quilts for each of our kids...and the other nephews. She has on record 15 (or so) boys quilts and has officially made her first "girl" quilt. My grandfather has 10 great-grandsons...and Isabella is the first great-granddaughter. We love the quilt and will treasure it always, as we do with Zach and Ethan's quilts. Definitely an heirloom to be passed down. Thanks Aunt Karen!!! We love you

3 Munchkins

I took this pic this morning...but they weren't wanting to cooperate with me...you get the idea though, right??

Birth pictures

Zachariah

Ethan

Isabella

We thought it might be fun to post pictures of all the kids at birth.....so here you go. :-)

Week 1

Isabella is officially 1 week old today...it is so hard to believe that a full week has passed with her beautiful baby girl. She is such a blessing to our family and has brought us such joy in her short life. We couldn't imagine life differently now... :-) She had her first dr.'s appt. yesterday and she is back up to 8 lbs 2 oz..it means that mama must be doing something right with her. :-)

New day

Things are going well here in the Judd household. Isabella is eating well...every 2 hours if not more. It is good for her...not for the sleepless mama. Thank goodness for a rocking chair that you can sleep in all night! She is such a good baby and the boys love her. Zach walked in this morning and wanted to know where baby sister was...in the bassinet. He went over looked at her and told her "Bella, I love you." It was the cutest thing!

John just left to take the boys for a few hours to the Train Museum downtown...so this is my quiet time. Just wanted to leave a quick note to let you all know we are doing great!

First day

Things went well for our little girl overnight..she actually slept from 11ish until 6 this morning when I needed to wake her to feed her. Can you tell this isn't my first child??? :-)
Since we let her sleep and didn't wake her every 2 hours to eat. She has been very good so far and the boys have visited with her twice and are quite taken with her... Baby sister bella is what Zach likes to say!! We will update more later..Daddy and baby girl are napping right now.

Isabella Pics

All is well

Thanks for the prayers and thoughts..labor and delivery went well and I am feeling pretty good right now. Very, very hungry!!! :-) Isabella has been awake for most of her short life and has been very interested in what has been going on. She has latched well and all her vitals are good. Apgar was 8-9. John is enjoying his new daughter and it is hard to tear her out of his arms. Luckily I am the food source so I am guaranteed some time with her. Much love and thanks...Heather...

John will post pictures a bit later...

Isabella Grace Judd

Isabella Grace Judd has arrived! Official birth time is 1:35. She weighs 8.5 pounds and is 20 inches long. Mother and baby are both doing fine. Everybody says we have a beautiful baby girl. I happen to agree.

Surprise Surprise

What do you know. I was just about to take the lead and the game gets called on account of baby. I'm sure this surprises nobody. They are getting set up to start pushing, so the baby should be here before too long.

Another Dialation Check

The student puts her at 9cm, and the nurse puts her at 9cm. It looks like we have a tie this time. Linda is on her way to the hospital. The game of hand and foot is getting closer, but Heather is still winning. I have a feeling, if I have a really good hand, Heather is going to start feeling the contractions more and the game will stand the way it is now.

Dialation Check

The nurse has a student working with her, so Heather gets to play guinee pig. The student says 5cm dialated. The nurse says 6cm. We are going with what the nurse says, since it's the bigger number. Heather is winning hand and foot by much more now. I'm pretty sure she's cheating.

Bring on the drugs

Contractions are getting stronger and closer together. Everything seems to be progressing well. The epidural is in. Heather is winning our game of hand and foot, but only because she got the count right.

At the Hospital

They broke Heather's water around 8:30 this morning and put her on Putosin. Now we are just in the waiting game. She is starting to have contractions, but she is not to the point where she is screeming for drugs yet.

Dr. says...

We had our 40 week appt. today and have officially set up an induction date so that baby Isabella can't hide any longer from us. This coming Thursday, April 9th, we will be reporting to the hospital if she hasn't made an appearance prior to that date. We are looking forward to having her here soon.....if not sooner.

Due date to come and go.....

Well, today is my official due date, April 2nd. But, as of yet we have no baby..and no contractions. We love our little girl, but we would rather love her out here in the world instead of in mommies tummy. Our next appt. is tomorrow morning with the dr. and I am hoping he will give us some sort of good news beyond see you next week. We will keep you updated.

Jelly Belly Factory

We went to the Jelly Belly Factory with Maria and Mandy and the kids...total of 6 kids between us, unless you count Bella...but she was just along for the ride. :-) We really enjoyed ourselves and it was great to get out with our friends. Zach had such a wonderful time getting to see how the Jelly Beans were made and hopes to go back with daddy soon.