3 weeks.

We had our 3 week check-up and our little lady is growing!!

Here are the stats:
Height 20.5 inches  47th percentile
Weight 7lbs 4.9 oz  14th percentile

She is little but gaining fast!

love.

Caught a beautiful moment of Big Brother Isaac giving kisses to Baby Sister Brynn. 

My heart can seriously burst with love!!

birth announcement.

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week 1.

Life has been changed - for the better - since our little lady entered this world. Isaac has figured things have changed and lets us know every now and then that he needs his attention too!

Watch me Grow... 1 week old

petite.

Brynn had her first check-up with the Pediatrician. All is good! She has lost a little weight which I am told is normal - as long as she is back to her birth weight by 2 weeks of age. She is a petite little lady!!

Here are the stats:
Height - 19.25 inches (I guess she shrunk?!)  34th percentile
Weight - 5 lbs 12 oz   4th percentile

Big Brother Isaac and Daddy joined Mommy and Brynn for the check-up - everyone did great!

4 Day Check-up

1st bath.

October 11, 2011 - Brynns first bath at home.

Birth Day!

On October 5th I started having pelvic pressure and some contractions, decided to go to L&D and was sent home because I was only 1.5 cm dilated (which I had been for 1 week). On October 6th I had my doctor's appointment and was told I was 3 cm dilated.

That night we had dinner plans where my contractions started to become uncomfortable and were about 5-7 minutes apart. Once we got home around 8pm, got all the bags situated, they slowed down to about 8 minutes apart, but were getting increasingly painful.

Around 10 pm I couldn't handle it anymore and decided to head to the hospital. Dropped Isaac off with family and checked in around 11pm. After being checked (where I could barely lay still long enough!), I was 4 cm and wanted an epidural. I didn't remember my first being this painful. After they wheeled me into the delivery room to get the IV going for the epidural, my water broke after the doc put in an internal electrode to make sure the baby was doing okay. Before I realized it, I was checked and was 8 cm! I went from 4cm to 8cm in about 5 minutes!! At that point I was unable to have any pain medication and started pushing. About 10 minutes later, our beautiful baby girl was born. It felt like 2 hours, but Eric said it was only 10 minutes :) When she was born she had the cord wrapped around her neck 3 times and was a bit blue, but none of the nurses or doctor were freaking out - not like I was! Yet after what seemed like an eternity, she started crying.

We are ecstatic to announce with love:

Brynn Elizabeth Schneider

Born at 12:29 am on October 7, 2011. 

6 lbs 6 oz and 19.5 inches long

We are home now, she is eating wonderfully and doing great!

It happens to be Eric's 33rd birthday today (the 10th) also! Happy Birthday Daddy!!

39 weeks.

Isaac has been asking (repeatedly) to go to Disneyland. Our response doesn't change, "Not until Baby Sister gets here."

Instead - as a treat - we took him to Downtown Disney and told him it was the Disney "mall" so not to be disappointed that he couldn't go into the actual park. We ate yummy food, took a ride on the tram, and got a few prizes. Also, got a lot of walking in to help kick-in labor!