Hello everyone!
This weekend was amazing. I am now an Aunt and Kevin is now an Uncle! Katerina Suzanne Wright (Kate) was actually born September 30th, weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces and being 18 inches long. It was a c-section birth, and Missy is doing great. Still healing, but she is walking around and looking almost like she never had a baby! Her water a
actually broke the morning they went in for the c-section, so we are so thankful to God that he knew what he was doing. She was breech and it would have been a hard labor. Fortunately, the c-section went perfectly!
We were able to visit her in San Diego this weekend. She was only 3 days old when we saw her. Let me tell you: my first thought when I saw her in the crib was "Oh my goodness...she is TINY!" She was sooo cute and adorable! She has the cutest little nose (Missy's nose) and Joel and my lips and dark hair. By the time we were there, she had lost some weight, as babies normally do, and she only weighed in the 5 pound range. I told Kevin that she was half our dachshund's weight (Petey)! She was so small, but so very perfect...long feet and toes, perfect little eyelashes, and her eyes can already follow an object back and forth!
Most of the weekend, we just spent time gazing at little Kate. It is sort of hypnotizing watching an adorable new baby...like watching a fire or ocean waves. She sure does have strong lungs! Poor Joel and Missy have not gotten much sleep, having to get up every 2 hours to feed her. Also, because she lost a little too much weight, we had to try to feed her extra by using a syringe and feeding her through a small tube after breast feeding. This actually helped a lot! She gained a whole pound in ONE day! We were all very happy. One of her main issues is falling asleep while she is eating. We kept having to put wet washcloths on her skin and peeling her clothes all off her so she would stay awake and get enough food. But she is doing wonderfully now.
So, on her 6th day of life, Joel had her dressed in an oversized Chargers tee-shirt, looking very supportive as the game blasted in the background. Joel is definitely going to make a tom-boy out of her. But he can't take away the fact that she looks like a perfect little pixie and all the boys are going to chasing after her someday. Hehe...he told all the guys in high school to stay away from me...I wonder what he will do with poor Kate! Probably bring out the shotgun. :)
God has greatly blessed our family and we are so happy. We would appreciate your prayers for this little girl, as she grows into a wonderful person and hopefully chooses to trust in Jesus at a young age.
One other note of update: Kevin will probably have a full-time job at Lucasfilm sometime this next week!!! Full benefits and his earnings are definitely not too shabby (Good thing, since we live in the Bay Area now...so expensive here!). My mom and I are going tomorrow to take a look at a 3 bedroom house for rent in Millbrae, which is closer to SF. Hopefully we will like it and move in soon! God is so good to us! --Rachel
