Continuing on

Raelye & I got to come home on New Year's Day. Aaron did a fabulous job of taking care of both of us in the hospital. My mom stayed for a week to help with the chores around the house. While we were in the hospital, we had a few visitors including our neighbors, Mandi & Katelynn, Aaron's boss, and our mother's again of course. Raelye was already strong enough to hold up her head and move it as she wanted. We had already figured out she didn't like to be swaddled but loved to lay on mine or her daddy's chest.
My dad, Joan, & Kurt came in on Friday Jan 2. Dad thought she was just "perfect". They stayed the night in Georgetown and came back Sat morning to get some more playtime in with Raelye.
We went back to see the nurse for Raelye's 2 day appointment on Sat Jan 3 and she looked great. We then ventured all the way to Austin for Christmas at Aaron's mom's house. Bob came back down that night and couldn't believe how much she had already changed since the hospital.
Sun Jan 4th Gaga, Lee, Mitch, Heather, & Rikki came down to get their hands on Raelye as well.
Mom and Bob went back to Stephenville and we got to start life as the three of us.
Raelye's scratch for the forceps helped up within a matter of days.
We went back to the dr for her two week checkup on Tuesday Jan 13th. Raelye was back to her birth weight and had grown to 21.5 in (gaining 1.5 in). Dr said everything was great!
Raelye has started within the past week to learn how to use her voice. She's making funny little noises all the time (awake or asleep). She stretches and has even rolled from her stomach to her back. She does a great job at holding her head and moving it in all directions.
Raelye's umbilical cord fell off on Tues Jan 20, the same day she turned 3 weeks old. We also got her social security card this week, I told Aaron we now had a legal baby!
Nanny & Daddy Bill came in yesterday Th Jan 22. We actually ventured to dinner last night in Georgetown. She cried for a little while but I was able to feed her and then I actually got to eat! It was a great dinner at Romeo's.
Nanny and Bill left today and now Raelye is resting. I'm going to start packing as we are moving officially in 2 weeks. (We are moving to the Seattle WA area for about a year. Aaron will be building barracks at Fort Lewis. I will be a stay at home mom & selling jewelry as I can. We will be able to fly back montly. Feel free to come visit!)
I took a few new pics today and will post them later. We have all our pictures on my Facebook, Myspace, and Kodak Gallery.
Love to all~