Welcome Elizabeth Lane!

We are still in the hospital and Elizabeth is about 28 hours old. She was 7 lb. 8 oz. and 20 in. long, born on February 17, 2009 at 8:52am. It was a very quick delivery, just a little over 5 hours from start to finish! (Those of you who have long labors I feel for you.)

She is doing so wonderfully! She just had her hearing test and passed in 2 minutes - the best of any other babies today we were told! So, we are now expecting only great things from her for the rest of her life, of course. The pediatrician has also seen her already and has given her permission to be discharged as soon as I get to be. Awesome! We are working very hard at breastfeeding though, as she is having a little trouble with it. My lactation nurse thinks that she is "tongue-tied", meaning that she little piece of skin under her tongue is not allowing her to extend it far enough to feed easily. So, we're working through that!

As for me, I am doing as well as can be expected I guess. I have only been able to sleep about 1 hour in the last 54 hours so I am pretty much extremely exhausted! I am also a bit sore, as I had an episiotomy and another small tear, but that's getting better. Hopefully I will be able to get some sleep soon! We are hoping to go home in the morning.

Thank you to everyone who has called, sent us messages, and come by to see us! We feel so thankful for all the love and support!

I will post more (and better) photos as soon as I can. I barely have a minute, as it's Grand Central Station around here! :)