Staying in the hospital longer...

Skyler is jaundice. We knew there was a higher chance she would develop that, due to Jamie's rare blood type conflicting with the baby's. Harry likes to say that Skyler has a case of the yellows. Jaundice babies have a yellow tint to their skin and the whites of their eyes. It's a sign that there's too much bilirubin in the baby's blood. Bilirubin is a yellow substance that's made when the body breaks down old red blood cells. The doctor is having us stay through the week, and give her phototherapy. The skin absorbs the light, which changes the bilirubin so that the body can more easily get rid of it. In addition, her weight dropped more than they'd like (6 pounds, 3 ounces). We worked really hard to keep Skyler out of the NICU.

Skyler in the bili-box. She did not like it at all. Daddy was trying to comfort her by holding her legs. It's the only way she stopped crying so hard.

Grandma Crawford comforting Skyler in the box

Skyler got to use the bili-blankets now. They have florescent light pads on the top and bottom of her. She liked this much better than the box!

Our little glow worm

It's baby time...Skyler is here!

Well, our due date was 7/7 but she decided to come late. Jamie started feeling contractions in the wee hours of the morning on 7/12. She wasn't sure they were really contractions because they weren't as bad as she expected. As the day went on, we were nearly preparing to head out for Nick's softball games. However, around 3pm those contractions were 5 minutes apart and we thought we better go in to see if that's what they were. On the way to the hospital, those contractions got stronger and closer together (only3 minutes apart by time we arrived at the hospital). Sure enough, we were in labor! Once Jamie received the epidural, labor pretty much stopped for a while and they gave her pitocin. After that everything moved pretty quickly and Skyler made her debut at 11:13pm that same day. She weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces, and was 19 1/2 inches long. Happy birthday little girl. We've waited a long time for you!

The calm before the storm

Grandma Crawford is ready to meet her 2nd grandchild

Nick did a great job holding the sickness bags for Jamie. Turns out labor made her real sick too.

Our first touch

Officially a family of 3!

Awe... she looks cold and scared.

The light is so bright

Proud daddy

Grandma Crawford holding Skyler for the first time

Happy family

Baby Shower

Well, Jamie is 9 months pregnant! Some of her friends threw together a shower in Spokane. The theme was "A League of Their Own"... the female baseball movie. They know we love sports!

A League of Their Own theme

Baseball style snacks

Marnie

Taylor

Christie

Erika

Keyana, Erika's daughter

The men have to play a game too!

Spin around the bat 5 times blindfolded

Then put a diaper on their baby blindfolded. Nick struggled with that part (first-timer).

Jamie opening up gifts

We got some great gifts!

Can you tell she had a blast?!

Audrey loved to feel the baby kick!

Jamie with the girls who all worked on the shower. So lucky to have great friends!

Jamie's due date 7/7, Marnie's due date 8/8. These kids will have fun together!

Showing off those bumps

Dalton, Camryn, Jamie, Audrey, and Enzo

9 months pregnant. Ready to get this baby out!

Parents to be...

Baby's name is chosen

Nick was in charge of picking the baby's name. We think he did a good job. 1 month left until we get to meet our little girl! Jamie wanted the name on the wall in a unique way. Here it is...

Skyler Marie Crawford. Marie is Diane and her mother's middle name. We'll carry on the tradition.

Nursery started

Nick started working in the nursery. Now that we know it's a girl, we can paint! 26 weeks pregnant and baby girl is about 14 inches long.

We decided to go with gray walls and small accents of pink, like in the bay window

Nick built this closet organizer for our little girl. He did a great job!

Bumpy picture. 6 1/2 months preggo... getting big

Ultrasound. It's a...

It's a GIRL! Jamie was certain it was going to be a boy. This is going to take some time to wrap our heads around. 24 weeks pregnant and baby is as long as an ear of corn, almost a foot long!

It's official. It's a girl!

Look at those long legs

Our sweet angel. 3D ultrasound

Maternity pants - 2nd trimester

Jamie bought her first pair of maternity jeans. 16 weeks pregnant and baby is the size of an avocado now, approximately 4 1/2 inches long head to rump. We're hoping Jamie starts feeling better soon. Morning sickness lasts all day.

These are actually pretty comfortable... stretchy material