Brooke's First Week

Our first week at home with Brooke has been amazing! We have been spoiled by family with lots of food and plenty of visitors. We are loving every second of it and will never turn down a chance to show her off! We couldn't be more proud!

Overall, she is a pretty calm baby. She mostly sleeps through out the day, and we never know what we are going to get at night! So far, we will get one good night where we will wake her up to feed, change her diaper, and she's right back to sleep, or she will have a hard time falling into a deep sleep and keep us up most of the night! It's safe to say she is a little night owl right now. She absolutely hates getting her diaper changed and being naked. She screams and screams and calms down as soon as we are done. I don't like being cold either, so I don't blame her! :) She loves to be cuddled and held, and of course we can't get enough of that!

Here are some (A LOT ) pictures of our first week!

These sweet girls made Brooke a welcome home sign!

 

Not a fan of her first bath!

 

  ...but she sure looks cute all wrapped up!!

Her first time coming home!

Poor girl had to go back to the hospital for a blood sample to check her jaundice levels. She is just fine, though! Slept right through the heel prick!

This tired little face melts me

 A little nail grooming with daddy!

This first week has been such a whirlwind of emotion. We love you so much little Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Sue Gillaspie

Brooklyn is here! She is so precious and we are completely obsessed with her! Please be prepared for complete picture overload!

We checked into the hospital at 8pm Thursday evening to begin the induction process. I was already contracting every 4 minutes and didn't even know it! At 7am the next morning, the doctor broke my water and after that it was a LONG waiting game. I progressed so slowly.. about a centimeter per hour. We have such an awesome family and everyone waited around at the hospital ALL day waiting to meet Miss Brooklyn!

The boys checkin' in on Brooke's heart monitor :)

Finally, at 9:57pm the doctor came in and informed us it was time to start pushing. We did a practice push and he quickly told me to stop as he put on his scrubs and the nurses hurried to get the room ready for delivery. One push later, Brooklyn made her arrival on November 14, 2014 at 10:10pm, weighing 7lbs and 7oz, 21 inches! It was such an amazing experience seeing her for the first time. She was so alert and calm just taking everything in. She is such a blessing and we are completely smitten with her! It seems as though she changes every time I look at her, which would explain why I mostly spend my days just staring at her. She is a little miracle and our hearts are forever changed.

 

Cole is upset here because he wasn't the one holding Brooke!

..and now he is happy as can be! Sweet big cousins :)

Her little outfit to come home in. It completely swallowed her!! Ha!

Proud dad!

This was just a couple hours after Brooke arrived. We were waiting to move to our new room and these two were exhausted after a long day!

 

 

We are so blessed. This little girl is so loved.

Brooklyn's Nursery

I wanted to share a few pictures of Brooklyn's nursery before it most likely turns into a tornado of a mess :) We had so much fun putting it together. Thank goodness for our talented painters, Justin and Brennon!
Brooklyn will be here any day now and we are excited to meet her! Of course we have all kinds of fears and anxiety, but excited nonetheless!