Khloe's 1st Dr's Appt

Khloe had her 1st Dr.'s appt. on Monday 4/19. Paul had to work so my mom went with us. Which was nice since this was our first attempt to leave the house since we came home from the hospital. She did wonderful. Her pediatrician's name is Dr Lori Desoutter and so far we love her. She tested her reflexes, checked her ears, nose and throat and her skin color to make sure she did not have jaundice. She weighed in at 8 lbs 11.6 oz so she has gained a little since she was born at 8 lbs 11.3 oz. Dr. Lori was very pleased to hear that Khloe is eating on most feedings 4oz and sleeping on average about 4 hours (sometimes 5 hours) between each feeding. ( I have been told by my brother Brock that I have hit the jack pot with Khloe that this is definitely not normal) Dr Lori also agreed that I should be so thankful that Khloe is such a good sleeper and eater. That seems so funny to me as Paul and I both LOVE to eat and sleep....seems like the apple has not fallen too far from the tree, huh?

I promised Grandma Pat that I would take pictures of Khloe's hand's and feet so she could see every detail about our little precious angel as Grandma Pat lives so far away and will unfortunately miss out on these tiny little treasures...so here you go Grandma Pat. Hope you all enjoy them as well.

Khloe Sylvia Muriuki

Our Little Khloe has finally arrived! She came on Monday April 12th at 5:26pm. She weighed in at 8lbs and 11.3 oz and is 21.1 inches long! Wow! What an amazing feeling it is to have our little girl finally here. Julie and I have officially entered into the world of parenthood!

The labor took about 11 and a half hours as we had to induce on Monday morning and Julie was a rock-star mom through the whole process! She really did whatever it took to get her here naturally. We were worried for a moment that we might had to have a cesarean because she is such a big baby. Well.... you know Julie... a true Vaughters... When she heard that she was even more determined to push as hard as she needed to to have her naturally! Push she did! Out came our little girl in about 26 minutes!

Enough about us! Baby Khloe is just as cute as can be !We are still trying to figure out who she looks like more - I think there is a good combination of both of us (duh !) She definitely has Julies chin and ears, and she has my nose and and eye shape. He eyes are a bluish green right now so it will be interesting to see what color they will end up. She has been such a good eater, she literally attacks the bottle when we give it to her and eats about 4oz each sitting every three hours. She must have gotten that from me! So far far she has been healthy - we were worried that she may have a little jaundice but it appears to have gone away now. As expected she has been sleeping a lot although last night we had our first melt down experience - don't know why, but she finally got to sleep about 3:30am, maybe she was testing out her vocal cords lol! Poor little princess, it was breaking our hearts to hear her cry so hard. Today she is sleeping in her play pen and soaking up some sun by the window - she does love to sun tan just like her ma! She seems to sleep so deeply when she there!

Well that is the update so far everyone! We'll keep you all posted in the weeks, and months to come! Enjoy her pictures!

Dr. Visit 3/31/10

Ok so I had a Dr appt yesterday and they wanted to do an ultrasound to see how big Ms Khloe was going to be so during the ultrasound the technician starts to giggle ans says "oh yeah I can already see she will be a big baby" I asked her why she said that and her reply was " I can see her fat rolls on her neck" We both just laughed and said how cute that was to think about. i can not wait to see her fat little neck, wrists, and I'm sure legs. That is so precious when they're so little. Then she said she was measuring 7.3 lbs to 8.15 lbs (give or take a lb) So basically she could be 6.3 lbs up to 9.15 lbs....isn't that what all babies are at this point?? I am so confused!! So then I waited to see my actual Dr and he examined me and said I was still only 1 cm & 60% effaced (sp?) which sounds good. He wants to see me agin next Wednesday 4/7 if she has not come by then and talk about scheduling me to be induced. I can be induced any day after 4/9 (39 weeks) he is worried that she will be too big if we wait any longer.

I'm hoping the next time I update this blog I will have some pictures of baby Khloe and her fat little neck to add to the blog...I know that's really all everyone cares about anyway, LOL! :)

Lots of Love!
~Julie~