The First Week Home

We took Kara home from the hospital on Sunday. She fell asleep on the ride home and looked so innocent in her pink blanket and cap that Grammy S. knitted for her. Babies are so deceptively cute...

On Wednesday of the following week, Grandpa H. and Great-Grandma B. came up for Thanksgiving and to meet Kara. Thanksgiving was very interesting with a newborn. We had to eat in shifts. But we love her. She's so pretty.

The Beginning

Everyone thought the little girl would come early. Grandma and Grandpa S. were thinking that Kara might be a Halloween Baby. Grandma H. came up a week before the due date (on November 2nd) to help Lee Ann get the house ready and to make sure she’d be here for the birth. Well, the due date came and went (November 8th) and no baby.

Kara had decided that she just wasn’t going to come on her own, so Lee Ann, Tyler, and Grandma H. reported to Greer Memorial hospital early in the morning on Friday, November 20th for an induction. Things progressed slowly until the doctor broke Lee Ann's water around noon. After that, there was no stopping Kara. Lee Ann started pushing around 4:00 pm, and Kara was born at 4:50 pm EST. Kara was a pretty small baby (especially for being 12 days late!) weighing in at 7 pounds, 0 oz and measuring 19 1/4 inches long. Everyone thought she looked just like her daddy with the dark hair, but we think she's much, much prettier...