A Whole New World

This last week has been a whirlwind. We went from husband and wife to being a family. A week ago today, our beautiful daughter made her debut into the world. Let me fill you in.

August 12: Isabella Amber Standeford was born via C-Section at 5:57pm. She weighed 8 lbs 12 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long.

August 13-14: Spent this time recovering in the hospital. Hospital beds are so uncomfortable, especially when you have limited mobility. Poor Jason had to sleep on a cot that had a matress only 2 inches thick. I don't know how he did it, but he managed to get plenty of sleep.

August 15: The best day ever!! We were released from the hospital. It was so exciting to be heading home! Isabella was thrilled too!

August 16: Grammy Standeford, Aunt Rachel, Ann and Nellie came to visit for the first time. Isabella was excited to see everyone and mommy was excited to have the extra help to get settled in. The girls had their first pajama party Saturday night! Isabella was quite the party animal. She stayed up all night long, which wasn't much fun for mommy!

Grammy Standeford and Bella

Aunt Rachel and Bella

Nellie and Ann

Pajama Party

August 17: Uncle Jake and Aunt Rox came to meet Bella.

Uncle Jake and Bella

It was soon time for everyone to leave but not before a Bella sandwich!

That brings us up too date. Things with our new family have been going great! We've had only a couple restless nights but we wouldn't trade them for anything!! Our spoiled rotten dogs have really taken a liking to their new baby sister, which has helped things go smoothly!