One day old

Emilee is one day old and doing well. So far she is a sleeper, a noisy sleeper, but a sleeper. In fact, she has screamed and cried in full volume while sleeping. This tends to make mom's sleep less restful.

Emilee's Grandpa Harding stopped in today on his way to a business meeting in Wyoming. Grandma Harding is not very happy about that because she had been out visiting Andrew and Maren all Memorial weekend, with the hope she could see the new baby. Well, Grandma Harding's flight was leaving at 7:00, so she needed to be at the airport at 5:00 to ensure she would make it to her flight, especially since it was the end of a holiday weekend. She was leaving the house about the time Emilee was born. And it turned out that the lines at the airport were short enough she would have had plenty of time to be one of the first to welcome Emilee. Instead, Grandpa Harding got to hold Emilee today.

Jerusha also flew home today, and was pretty happy she decided to come and visit this weekend since she too could see the new baby.

Hilary and Evan also stopped by to be among the first to hold Emilee.

I went home this evening to spend some time with Andrew and Maren, so they knew they still had parents. It turns out, dad's aren't good enough, in fact I rate behind Mom, AND Emilee. Maren spent most of her time asking for Mom, and when I said, "Mom is still at the hospital, I will bring her home tomorrow." Maren's response would be, "I want Emilee." So if anything, having me home just reminded her that her two favorite people weren't there. A dad's job is a thankless job, I guess ;)

Everything is going well, so now it is time to get some sleep.