We've Moved the Blog

We've moved the blog to:
http://www.babymcintire.wordpress.com

All the new posts will be on the new Wordpress blog. Check for updates there, nothing new will get posted here.

Talk to you soon!!

~~Andrea, Evan, & Hailey

Smile!

Here's a great picture that Charlotte took:

probably just gas.

More Hailey Pictures

I'm at a loss for a creative title, or even a real post. Probably why my other blog hasn't had an entry in two months. Anyway, Hailey is doing great!! She's gaining weight--> 6 oz. in five days as of Tuesday. She likes to eat..., good thing, because eating is our favorite too.

Pretty amazing that she can already hold her head up if she's on her stomach, or if she's sitting in her boppy (I have to think of a better name for that thing). Once you scroll down a bit further, some pictures of her first bath. No, there's no photos below that will embarrass her in the future, she's got me to do that.

More Pictures of Hailey

So we've taken pictures at every opportunity and have been putting the new camera to good use. Here's a couple more pictures. If anyone would like me to send you any (of these below or others), email me at evan.mcintire@gmail.com. Most of the files are about 5 megs, good enough resolution to print a 4x6.

Hailey Rose!

Here she is! All 7lbs 8oz and 19 1/2 inches of adorableness!

She arrived at 3:09 am on Thursday January 11, after about 14 hours of labor. All the staff at the Brigham were fantastic, right down to the NICU team that was waiting in the wings if needed. Hailey learned how to poop before she was supposed to and had some meconium in her amniotic fluid. So the NICU team was on standby, but she fought them and said she was fine! The funniest part was that I knew the resident who came down and he was very quick to let me know he was just looking at the baby, not me!

So we're home now, settling in and figuring it all out. Give us a call, we may actually be ready for visitors some day! More pictures will be coming soon....

Andrea, Evan and Hailey

Long awaited update....

Sorry for the delay in posts. Life has been hectic, with me finishing up work, holidays, and oh yeah- getting ready for this baby that is going to be here (hopefully) in the next 2 weeks!

We are putting the finishing touches on Hailey's room. It's very pink! And Evan has pink paint on his old work shoes and on 2 pairs of pants... He's definitely the daddy of a little girl.

We finished up with our childbirth class. Glad that's over with. It was good for the delivery part, but the last class was how to take care of babies and swaddling and what not. I know that stuff already!

We went on the tour at the Brigham yesterday. I was surprised, they don't have wireless internet for patients. We have that at Children's, which is great for families to keep people up to date! So I guess I will have to make sure to make phone calls to work and stuff... Also, I didn't realize that visiting hours were from 1-8! When Steph had her baby Oceannah almost 2 years ago, one of the other girls and I went from work at 8 am to go visit her. We walked right by security and on to the floor without anyone saying a word to us.... must have been the scrubs!

My OB says I am looking good, everything was progressing well at the visit on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday night, baby decided to take a little swan dive down into my pelvis. Yup, we watched her pick up and move down! Yay for getting closer to her being here! I'm tired of being pregnant...

So we have one more shower next week. We would love books and music, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE no Wiggles or Barney! We would also love newborn type clothes and over 6 month clothes. We have tons of clothes in between....

Love you all and Happy New Years!

Mommy Andrea

Nesting

So we got the crib and Hailey's room underway yesterday. I moved our bed to the front bedroom, which has pretty much been an accumulation of crap over the last year. Now it's just well-organized crap that we have to go through and dispose of. Yay.

The crib was really easy to assemble, and the dresser / changing table made the move down the hall, too. I still think I'd like to take a shot at painting a coat or two, just to make it Hailey's room, not just another apartment room.

**Pre-emptive apology to the people who take over our apartment when we leave: Sorry about the pink room, but now you deal with it.

***I'll take some pictures when I get home and put 'em up here.