Here’s a couple of fun shots, I’m getting better at capturing Kulia’s essence:

I can’t believe I’m posting this while Kulia’s sleeping in her bassinet across the room. Once that girl hit’s her “heavy” sleep stage she will sleep anywhere. She slept for two hours in my Mom’s arms today – and my Mom is not a very quiet person 🙂

Hopefully this bodes well for our future…

Another quick update…

Baby and Mom are doing great. Leina and I went over to the hospital this morning and all the nurses were excited to have Leina (aka Ruffle Buns) back for a second day.
Kulia’s had already gotten a reputation for being a “loud” baby due to her highly developed lungs – and a dislike to being un-swaddled for any reason.
She’s now at 7 Lbs 7 oz, so she’s lost almost half of a pound. Mom’s hoping to stop that trend as soon as her milk comes in.
Both Chrissie and Kulia got a clean bill of health from the doctor and are now home. It’s so nice to have the whole family here. Many thanks to Dad and Carla for helping out in the last few days – we couldn’t have done it without them!

Here’s a couple more pics of Kulia at home and with her big sister at the hospital.

A quick note:

Mom and baby are doing great. Chrissie is up, walking around, playing with Kulia and in chipper spirits. Hopefully tonight she’ll get a few more hours of much needed rest.

Kulia did well today. She had several “dirty” diapers already, made it through the first shots and has had great check-ups including the initial physical and a hearing test tonight. She’s going to get weighed again in just a few hours so, hopefully, I’ll have an update for tomorrow.

Important Vitals:

Birthday: 6-2-05, 5:20am
Weight: 7 Lbs 12 oz
Height: 20.5 inches

If all goes well Chrissie and baby will be home tomorrow afternoon. We’ll keep you posted and put up some more pictures then!

Just an update to let everyone know that Kulia Victoria McLaughlin arrived early this morning in good health.

Labor “officially” started last night at ~6:15 after a long and test filled day at the hospital. Kulia was born at 5:20am today and both mother and daughter are doing excellent.

Here are a couple of pics of our new daughter:

It all started out the night before with the best of intentions. In typically supporting husband style I told Chrissie,

I just put up the new Webcam in the craft room to see Leina playing for now and baby sister sleeping after she arrives.

Soon I’ll set up the Baby-Sister Cam so you can check out our new bundle of joy when she arrives (hopefully soon – for Chrissie’s sake)

For now here’s a picture of from the camera. The picture updates every minute but the page doesn’t so you’ll have to hit your refresh button.

** Update: The camera doesn’t work very well in the dark! But check back here every now and then to see if we’ve got it up and running. **