1 week old

Sorry for the delay I know some of the aunts were asking about a new blog post but our internet had been down.  On Thursday Quinn was one week old.  I might regret typing this but so far the transition has been easy.  She is eating like a champ, her jaundice seems to be disappearing, and Dad will be a professional diaper changer soon enough.  I've only been peed on twice so far so I consider that a success.  Christin's mom left Saturday morning and my parents came in later that evening so we had some alone time in between.  We used that time to go on our first family outing to none other than...Target.  Christin is training her early (hot stock tip: buy Target).  Earlier in the week our friend Sam came over to take some newborn shots of Quinn.  She and her husband have a photography business in Blacksburg and shoot a lot of weddings, you can check them out by clicking here.  Christin and I tried to get creative and take some pictures of our own as well.  We are no professionals and don't have a super sweet camera like Sam, but here are some of our one week photos. 

We bribed Jackson with a treat

Now show us your look of terror

Rub-a-dub-dub

Daddy's little girl

Today The Great One (my dad) returned to Virginia Beach with my mom.  Christin's mom is staying with us for the week and then mine will come back for the Grandma change-over.   We also gave Quinn her first bath at home.  Christin missed her real first bath because she was in recovery after her c-section.  There was a lot of mission planning that went on before the big event but we didn't even fight (VICTORY!).  We still can't totally submerge Quinn yet because her cord hasn't fallen off and as you can tell from the pictures she was less than thrilled with the sponge bath.  Overall the bath was a success: we didn't drop the baby, she didn't pee/poop on us, and we didn't drop the baby.  I was a little worried about that one.  Jackson even tried to lick her clean afterwards.  We are impressed with how well he is adjusting to not being an only child.  We tell him he that he is still the number one puppy and that has seemed to work so far.  Enjoy the pictures I have censored them so that they are safe for work.

Mom trying to console her baby girl

Less than impressed with the whole bath thing but still a lady

Why are you doing this to me Dad?

Almost done

Thank God that is finally over

Jackson thinks that we might have missed a spot

Homecoming

Arriving at home with Mom

We brought our new addition home this evening, thanks Dr. Altizer.  We were discharged from the hospital around 6:30pm and filled the new Momma's prescriptions (Lortab is a wonderful thing) before we headed home.  We arrived just in time for an awesome homemade meal courtesy of the grandparents.  All of the OB staff was AMAZING! Special shout-outs to Angie, Dot, Jesse and Jen we felt like we were VIP's the whole time.  Quinn is getting adjusted to her new surrounding with her dog brother and cousin checking her out.  We even had a visit from one of her soon to be best friends Annabelle.  Now all she has to do is meet Claire and they can start their own wolf pack.  It is crazy to think that they will eventually all be in the same grade even though they seem so different.  Thank you for all of the well wishes and messages.  We are excited to begin this adventure they call parenting.   
  

One of our awesome nurses Angie

Dr. Altizer holding Quinn

Our matching Baby Girl O'Rourke bracelets

Annabelle meeting Quinn for the first time "We're the three best friends..."

Jackson excited to see Mom and Quinn...but mostly Mom

Finn Laden meeting Quinn...he didn't even terrorize her

Both Grandma's battling over who gets to hold her this round goes to the O'Rourke's

"What do you mean I'm not the only baby anymore?!?"

Happy Birthday Quinn!!!

Christin "ready" for the OR

 It's official, Quinn was born today at 12:29pm, she was 7lbs 1oz and 20.5 inches long.  Like all ladies she decided to make an entrance and was born via c-section.  Christin had stopped progressing and Quinn's heart rate had dropped a few times during labor so Dr. Altizer talked with us about going this route.  After talking it over, we decided not to prolong what we thought was the inevitable and agreed this was the best plan.  It was a good thing that we did because she probably wasn't coming out the natural way anyways.  During all of her dance moves in the womb Quinn had managed to wrap the umbilical cord around herself and it was being compressed.  As a result, the c-section ended up being a little emergent due to the fact that Quinn's heart rate dropped while we were waiting for Christin to go numb. We want to thank Dr. Altizer, Dr. Shannon and Tracey from anesthesia (also Dr. Cordero who saved us last night with a clutch epidural).  As well as our special OR team Anabella, Salie, and Dyana.  They helped ensure a safe delivery for mom and baby in a sphincter-puckering situation.  Christin and Quinn are both resting comfortably and we are working on getting to know each other.  Now on with the pictures:

Getting checked out by the pediatrician

Quinn and Dad

Weighing in at 7lbs 1oz...now we have to catch up with Avery

The OR greeting team as we headed back to the Birthing Center

Great pic of the brand-new grandparents

Angry about her first bath, her lungs DEFINITELY work

GiGi made it soon after and hasn't given her up since

Ready or not...

Welcome to Quinn's Corner where we will be updating you on the first girl in the O'Rourke family in nearly 50 years.  Today Christin is 39 weeks and it is peanut butter baby time.  We are currently sitting in a hospital room at LGMH, my wonderful place of employment, for the induction of our baby girl.  It seems like these 9 months have flown by and have been pretty easy (for me at least).  The plan was to try Cervidil to get Christin ready for Pitocin in the morning.  However, Quinn must have gotten wind of this plan and she has decided she would like to start the process on her own.  As we speak C is 1-2cm dilated and 70% effaced which means no Cervidil.  This is great on two accounts one Christin won't have to lay around in bed all night and more importantly we won't have to pay for that drug.  It seems like we are in a holding pattern for the night just waiting to see what Quinn decides to do.  Now I get to wait on two ladies instead of just one.  I tried posting a picture of Christin in her hospital gown/bed but she politely refused.  So here are some pictures of Quinn's nursery.  The kid has the nicest room in the house and she isn't even here yet.  We didn't take a picture of her closet but she possibly might have more clothes than Christin (I know that is hard to believe).  Hopefully the next post will be pictures of our beautiful baby girl.

Crib from The Great One and Nonni O'Rourke

Wall opposite of the crib with Etsy artwork

Glider with poms and drum light picked out by Mama

Changing table and custom artwork by C

Toy bins and a peek at curtains made by Gigi Lovelace

Personalized artwork we fought over for hours before agreeing on which pictures to use.