Carmen's Newborn Pictures

Here are just a few of Carmen's newborn pictures.  We ventured out in the blizzard a few weeks ago to get them done.   

We couldn't be happier with how they turned out!

Two weeks old

I can't believe how fast time is flying by.  Carmen is two weeks old today and she is changing everyday.

We are still doing well..... Daddy had to go back to work this week but we are doing well without him.  We miss him lots during the day and look forward to him coming home!

Here are some pictures from the past few days.

Blizzard Pictures

Here are pictures from the blizzard last weekend. 

This is one of our windows upstairs... it's over half covered with snow.

 Our Front Porch..... normally we keep it clean.   But the pile just got too big.... it's up to the bottom of our living room window.

The snow pile in our front yard.

The roof.  Again a picutre of how high the snow piled up against the windows.

Another picture of the snow pile in the front yard.

Happy Blizzard from Carmen!

We ventured out this morning to get Carmen's newborn pictures done.   I can't wait to share them.... they turned out awesome!

Until then, we were messing around with getting a Christmas Picture of Carmen and here's what we came up with.........

Stay Safe and Warm!

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Carmen's Room

This is still a work in progress but I am so in love I had to share......

My sister Laura is working on a mural in Carmens room.  She has the monkey done and will also be doing a giraffe on another wall.   I will post a picture when that's done.

Until then because I think it's so awesome, I wanted to share a picture of the monkey.

Enjoy!

Thanks Laura!  We love it and we are sure Carmen will love it too!

Our first days at home....

Things are going well.  We are all still adjusting but overall doing well.   Last night was the first night we were able to get Carmen to sleep longer at night (she has her days and nights mixed up).

We had her first pediatrician appointment on Monday.   She was discharged from the hospital at 7lbs 15 ounces and weighed in at 8lbs 1 oz at the pediatrician!   Yeah!  All was well there and they said she is very healthy!   She's been a very good eater and her face is clearing up now too.  

Here are some more pictures......

Hanging with Daddy

 The wonderful gift baskets that were sent to us from Boeckermann, Grafstrom and Mayer.  Thank you very much!!!!!

Pictures from first days at home.......

Here are some pictures from when we got home.  You can see the scratches on her poor face..... luckily they are healing quickly and well......

Carmen Rose Benedict has Arrived!

Carmen Rose Benedict has arrived.  She was born on 12/1/2010 at 1:06pm weighing in at 8lbs 9oz and 20.5 inches long.  

All it took was for us to schedule the induction and she decided she wanted to arrive on her own. :-)

Due to the fact that Carmen was a week late, she had low blood sugar in the hospital.  They had to test her every couple of hours and since we couldn't get it high enough, they supplemented with some formula to help it regulate.  Luckily they were able to get it to a satisfactory level at the end of the first day and then we didn't have to worry about it any more.

Carmen was also born with quite long fingernails and did quite a number on her face. Since we didn't catch it right away, she was able to scratch her face in a couple of places.  Although it looks painful, she seems fine.  We have her hands covered now until her face heals and we are putting an antibiotic on it prescribed by her pediatrician.   It seems to be healing quite well and quickly.

We arrived home yesterday about noon and survived our first night at home!  We are all doing well!
Here are some pictures of her first fews days......

Here I am anxiously letting the epidural take its course! :-)

Proud Daddy!

For the first few hours of her life,  Carmen didn't cry.   In fact she made silly "sqwaking/squeaking" sounds.  Here is a video that we were able to capture of one of her little sqwaks.

Going Home!

Andy and I are loving every minute of being parents!!!

I will try to post pictures as often as possible!

Thank you to EVERYONE for the well wishes and thoughts!   We are truly excited for each and everyone of you to meet Carmen!