Two Peas: Sadie Brynn

Here are some pics of our new family member! Sadie Brynn was born at 10:35 PM on Oct 9. She weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and is 20 1/4 inches long.

Larkin and Willa were both born in the hospital, but for this pregnancy we decided to go with a midwife at a birth center. It was a wonderful experience! My water broke at home, Grandma came over to take the girls to her house, and then we waited for my labor to kick in. Eventually it finally started (took a while, and was slow to get going--I kept hearing people tell me that the third baby is a "wild card" and don't expect it to be like your others--which turned out to be true!) and once the contractions were strong enough we headed to the birth center. An hour later, Sadie was born!

The birth center keeps the room warm and the lights very dim when the baby is born, and the baby doesn't get whisked away to get weighed, measured, washed, etc. They just sponge her off and keep her there with you, which was nice. Sadie cried a little bit right when she was born but then she just looked around with her big blue eyes and took everything in. We all fell asleep together and then by 6am were headed home. We called Grandma and had her bring the girls home, and they were so excited. Joel and I were sleeping with Sadie in our room, and the girls ran in to wake us up. Willa squealed when she saw her and Sadie started making some little newborn sounds. Willa ran back outside and yelled, "Larkin! I saw the baby!!! And she said Eeekk Eeekk Eeekk!"

Overall Sadie is the easiest baby yet out of all three of them. She is a great sleeper (so far) and hardly ever cries. When she does cry, she is easily consoled. She likes to listen to the girls talk to her and just stares at them mesmerized. Willa made up the cutest little song for her about "the world" and sings it to her often. I'm hoping to get it recorded and put it on the blog. Larkin would hold Sadie all day long if I let her. The other day she skipped her favorite cartoon and refused her favorite snack because she wanted to hold Sadie instead. So they snuggled together on the couch for over an hour!