Maya & Canon

So, Canon is a big brother. He is doing well at it. He has only thrown a couple of matchbox cars at us and tried to pat her a little too hard the other night. This poor baby girl is going to need to be tough.

We went to the doctor today and she weighed 7 lbs 7 ozs and was 20.75 inches long. She was down to 6 lbs 15 ozs when she left the hospital so we are doing really good. She still had some jaundice though so we had to take her to the lab to get her heel poked. The pediatrician and the lab were our first family outings and we did okay with them. Canon was pretty good and got a sticker at the ped and a sucker at the lab. When they did the bilirubin test they poked her heel and had to keep squeezing it until they got the amount of blood they needed for their test. I felt bad for her but she is a tough little girl. We got a phone call a few hours later and it was the pediatrician and she said Maya passed with flying colors so we are all relieved.

She is a beautiful/wonderful baby girl. She doesn't cry much and eats every couple of hours and then just sleeps. She also is doing okay with breastfeeding so I've been pumping and feeding. It is such a bonding experience. She is funny how she already uses her hands so much. She likes you to hold her hand and she likes to put her hands on your shoulder and kind of hug you when you are holding her.

I am pretty much on restriction from doing anything so I am SO thankful for Bill and how he helps with everything. It really breaks my heart when I can't pick Canon up and won't be able to for 4 weeks :0( Oh well, it is what it is and I do the best I can to help with what I can.

We have received lots of emails of thanks and congratulations. Thanks so much for those it means so much to us to know there are so many people who care about our family.

Love from the Zaskes!