This is part of a series recording Ellianna's visitors and the fun she had with them visiting her in Texas. These posts are long overdue, but better late than never!
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| I believe my dad was laughing at just how small Elli was. |
Ellianna welcomed her first visitor when she was just 25 hours old. Grandpa Bob flew down to meet her and get to know his second granddaughter. He stayed for her first week. Some highlights of that week included cuddle time on the couch, first lunch outing to PF Changs, and first shopping trip at Bass Pro. I still remember my dad laughing as we left the hospital and Ryan and I tried to figure out how to put Ellianna in the car seat. (I am still so surprised that the hospital didn't ask if we had a car seat, didn't check that the baby was secured properly in the car seat...they just wheeled us out!) We didn't get much accomplished this first week...well, we as in Elli and I. We spent that week learning this breastfeeding thing, learning how to care for the umbilical cord stump, how to change clothes on a newborn...basic bonding. While Elli and I were bonding, Grandpa Bob ripped out the vinyl tile in our laundry room and 2 bathrooms to lay new ceramic tile. I'm not sure how smart Ryan and I were to go from 3 bathrooms to 1 and no laundry room the first week home with our newborn, but we all survived! In hindsight, had Ryan and I known how much time and work goes into laying tile, we wouldn't have done that project during our first week with Elli. Thank you Dad for your hard work! We love our new tile floors!
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| At Bass Pro: Ellianna 1 week old |
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| Swimming with Mo and Tex in the evening. This night we found a snake in the pool... :) |
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| Final night in Texas...beautiful summer evening. |
Ellianna welcomed her first visitor when she was just 25 hours old. Grandpa Bob flew down to meet her and get to know his second granddaughter. He stayed for her first week. Some highlights of that week included cuddle time on the couch, first lunch outing to PF Changs, and first shopping trip at Bass Pro. I still remember my dad laughing as we left the hospital and Ryan and I tried to figure out how to put Ellianna in the car seat. (I am still so surprised that the hospital didn't ask if we had a car seat, didn't check that the baby was secured properly in the car seat...they just wheeled us out!) We didn't get much accomplished this first week...well, we as in Elli and I. We spent that week learning this breastfeeding thing, learning how to care for the umbilical cord stump, how to change clothes on a newborn...basic bonding. While Elli and I were bonding, Grandpa Bob ripped out the vinyl tile in our laundry room and 2 bathrooms to lay new ceramic tile. I'm not sure how smart Ryan and I were to go from 3 bathrooms to 1 and no laundry room the first week home with our newborn, but we all survived! In hindsight, had Ryan and I known how much time and work goes into laying tile, we wouldn't have done that project during our first week with Elli. Thank you Dad for your hard work! We love our new tile floors!
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