New Arrival - Macy Layne Brownsen

Well she is here, it seemed like it had been forever, but I am assured it was just the same amount of time it always takes (9 months or 40 weeks, which ever way you look at it) and she is doing wonderfully. I went into the hospital on Thursday 6/18 in the morning, and even though my OB had been swearing for weeks that I wouldn't go that long. There it was, the date that had been identified as the latest that Dr. Chen would possibly let me go before my c-section, and that was to be the day. It seems like Macy might be a bit of a procrastinator, I mean tell her the last minute, and she will be there. Macy Layne Brownsen was born on Thursday June 18, 2009 at 12:17pm, and checked in at 9 pounds 2 ounces, 20 inches long. She is more fair than Jane, and she has a bunch less hair, but has big blue green eyes (right now at least), and the sweetest little pouty mouth.

The c-section was fairly easy and uneventful, much easier than with Jane, when it followed 30 hours of labor. I actually felt great most of the afternoon after the surgery and the reality of abdominal surgery didn't set into until the next day.

So far things are going pretty well, she seems like a typical newborn, sleepy, sometimes fussy, pretty easy to calm, and cute as can be. The smell of a newborn is literally one of the best smells in the world, and she certainly has that wonderful scent. We aren't getting much sleep, but I guess I knew that much.

Jane seems to be doing pretty well with the whole thing. She lets us know when "Macy upset." or when she wonders where Macy is "What that Macy doing?" She has had a few moments of totally crazy tantrums, and some times of really wanting her way about stuff she might not have normally cared about, but who knows how much of that is that Macy is around, and some of it might just be normal two year old stuff. One of the great things, is how helpful all the grand parents have been. She has had some great Grandma Sue days, a bunch of Grandma Read time, and lots of fun with Mana and Patah. Also with Jane's birthday party on the 14th, and then her actual birthday on the 25th, there have been plenty of new toys to distract her, and for Jane to enjoy when things seem kind of crazy. Mana and Patah (my dad and LaVerne) got her a new tricycle (and helmet), and she loves it. Oh the joys of being two!