3 Days Old

Hi everyone! Sophie is 3 days old today and I'm happy to say that we have survived the first two nights. I won't lie....it was definitely rough, as you can see from the below pictures of the sleepy McFarrens. But we even celebrated Daddy's birthday yesterday, even through our foggy haze!


As I'm sure all you parents out there already know, it's pretty common, but for some reason Sophie loves to sleep during the day and be awake at night, so that is something that we are working on straightening out, though I'm sure it'll take some time. Otherwise, she is still such a great little girl and very peaceful. She amazes us with how smart she is and how strong she seems to be -- she already lifts her head fairly easily and presses against us with her legs.

She had her first check-up this morning with her Pediatrician. She was given a clean bill of health, which had us both sighing with relief. The only thing is she's dropped a bit of weight -- though this is normal it still has me feeling a little guilty so I'm hoping next time we get that weight up now that we're getting the nursing thing down. Kris is more concerned about the drop in height! Sophie, who was originally measured in the hospital as 20 3/4in is actually 19 1/4 in! Kris says "So much for the WNBA." No, she didn't shrink, the doctor's office just has a much more accurate way of measuring than the nurses in labor & delivery (apparently).

We are spending our days trying to get ourselves into routine and have been very thankful to Grandma Robin and Grandpa Gordon for their help -- especially Grandma Robin who has been here for over a week in the days leading up to the birth and after. We even had a few visits from Uncle Brandon, who will be seeing (and hearing) much of her this summer. Sophie definitely knows her family and is excited to meet Grandma Suzie and Grandpa Glenn this weekend! I'm sure we'll have more pictures from that visit. Until then, hope you're all well and I'll try to be better about posting more pictures, life is a bit of a fog right now, but we're enjoying it very much!