Aunt Leslie and Grampa's visit

We were so excited for Grampa and Aunt Leslie's visit.

Proud Grampa

 chili for dinner

Lunch at the 5 8 Club. Juicy Lucy burgers...yum!

ready to go out

sisters being silly

Dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory!

We're so thankful you were both able to come visit - even though it was too short. We had a GREAT time. Thanks for everything!

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Sumaya after her bath...she's so relaxed

It's amazing to see how much she has grown these past 7 weeks.

Sumaya is really a sweet baby. She only likes sleeping next to someone, so we have some restless nights when she's in her bed. Hopefully, she'll get used to it in the weeks to come. She's also eating better now and growing so fast! Sorry if I'm a little behind in my correspondence to friends, but I'm trying ot juggle the whole motherhood/wife thing and it can be challenging at times, wow. Next week is Sumaya's 2 month appointment. I'm anxious to find out how much she weighs...

I will be returning to work at Stratasys on June 1. They have decided to hire me on as a permanent employee, so I'm very happy to now have benefits. Yahoo!



5 weeks old

We had a really nice 2 weeks with Grammy. I especially appreciate her letting me sleep every other night. I sure do miss that!

 

Grammy gave Sumaya a bath. She LOVES her baths.

Many many thanks to Grammy for all her help. It was nice to spend time together. We love her.

3 weeks old

Grammy is here and is helping out a LOT! She takes Sumaya every other night, so we are able to get some sleep. Sumaya loves her Grammy.

She's ready for Easter, thanks to Grammy.

Her weight went down a bit when she came home from the hospital, but she's up to 7lbs from 5lbs 13oz! She's very alert and definitely more interested in eating now.

The only time she cries is when she's hungry. Must have been time to eat when this picture was taken!

Emad and I have been blessed with a wonderfully sweet daughter. She is amazing.

10 days

Emad had a great idea today...let's go for a walk. Yeah, fresh air and exercise. We're so consumed with being parents, we have to remind each other to do things like eat and sleep.

Yes, it probably looks cold, but it was actually over 50. We made the walk brief, still.

Sumaya was very cozy and warm in her stroller.

We love Sumaya!

she's here!!!!!

* Sumaya Emad Bahnasy * March 7, 2011 * 6lbs. 6oz. * 19 in. * 11:19a.m. *
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Monday morning, while getting ready for work, my water broke. Called the hospital and they said come in asap, so we packed our bags (hadn't done that yet!) and we were off. I started having contractions as soon as we got to the hospital - less than 2 miles away. Lots of questions, paperwork and 5 IV attempts later, we were off to the operating room. They brought Emad in after everything was set up. He didn't want to see ANY of it. I, on the other hand, got to see her being born, which was pretty darn cool and a little surreal. Emad went with Sumaya and the nurses to get her weighed and cleaned up while they put me back together. They brought her to me so I could see her, then we both went to our room. She is doing quite well for coming at only 36 weeks 4 days.

underneath the rainbow on the monitor, it says her weight, 6lb 6oz.

Dr. Emad and our crazy nurse, Paula

proud dad

first bath

aaaah, clean hair!

in the warmer after the bath

getting her hair brushed

i think she's trying to sing here...mary can help her with that

the hospital uses the halo sleep sacks instead of a regular blanket and we loved them, so i bought 2.

yes, she has a lot of hair, which will most likely fall out soon

ready to go home!

I'm definitely ready to go...waiting in the hall for the volunteer to take us downstairs

thanks for the flowers and balloon papa, grammy b, leslie, daren and savana

not liking the car seat very much

Dylan, Gavin and Summer came to visit

a cute little pink burrito

The home health nurse came to check on us today. Sumaya lost a little more weight, so we need to continue to make sure she's eating enough. I'm healing well, just need to get more rest when possible.

more pictures to come...

36 weeks

Everything was great at our 36 week appointment on Thursday. Yesterday I also had a a pre-op appointment with the doctor who will be doing the c-section (my doctor will be out of town). I really liked her and am happy she will be doing the surgery. She anticipates my stay in the hospital to be about 3 days, so hopefully we'll be home on 3/27.

Not much else going on here. I don't have a lot of energy these days, so we've been sticking close to home. Hopefully the weather will be a little nicer for when grammy arrives on 3/23. We're so excited! xo