Wow! Three weeks have passed since our sweet girl was born. She’s doing so well, she was 8lbs at her two week check-up and will last about four hours at night between feedings, so we are getting used to our new normal.
We had a few visitors this past weekend. Mike’s family ventured down, Pap stopped by again, and Jessica came all the way up to see Liberty!
Canton has been more interested in holding and observing Liberty, he’s such a great big brother and a fantastic helper!
Two weeks have passed since the arrival of Liberty May! She’s starting to get on more of a schedule, or maybe we are just getting more used to her. She will sleep for about four hours at night, which is a welcome respite from every two hours. Canton has been a big helper and even had a Candyland piece for Liberty today! He was really excited when she grabbed his finger!
She goes for her two week check-up on Monday, we’ll give you stats then, but I’d venture to say she’s certainly back to her birth weight and the jaundice is gone! Can you believe two more weeks it will be a month??
Liberty had her newborn photo shoot at the house on 7/9. Enjoy!
Canton!
Canton went to Winchester with Nanny, so Mike and I had a day with just Liberty. She’s such a sweet girl, it was really quiet around the house today, it will be interesting to see how big brother fits into all of this, but we are excited for all the adventures to come.
It’s hard to believe Liberty is already one week old. If one child changes your life, two definitely makes it much more complicated. We’ve been trying to adjust to a “new normal” with our sweet girl. Thank goodness she is SUCH a good baby. Canton was trying, he was colicky, and all around generally not satisfied. Liberty is so content and hardly fusses. She is SO strong too, especially for such a tiny thing! I guess it is better that your second baby is the flexible one.
Mike and Rhonda had her on her tummy on 7/10 and saw her roll over! I’m calling a fluke, but even still, she can wiggle right out of her swaddle and drag herself several inches on her play-mat. She’s already starting to hold her head like a pro too!
Our first week was filled with vistors, doctor appointments, and lots of firsts. It is hard not to wish the first few weeks away, especially being up every two hours and trying to provide Canton some sort of attention, but we are trying to be mindful of enjoying every moment. We have had the best helper in Nanny for this week and will be so depressed when she leaves. Hopefully everyone will be back soon for another visit. We feel so blessed to have Liberty and look forward to all the incredible weeks to come!
Please join us in welcoming our daughter Liberty May Murphy! She was born at 3:12 P.M., coming in at 6 lbs, 7 oz and measuring 20 in long. Although she took her sweet time getting here (over a week late), as the saying goes, good things are worth waiting for. Though Liberty was not the name we originally chose weeks ago, we thought it would be appropriate to have a patriotic name given the day. We decided on Liberty on July 3rd and we both loved the name instantly! It just felt right. Being born on the 4th of July is quite an honor and there was no better way than to ring in our freedom with Liberty! We know that Mal has been watching over this baby since the beginning so it was only fitting that Liberty shared May as a middle name with Christy’s beloved grandmother.
Mommy and new baby are both doing well and are excited to meet everyone! Our 4-year-old son Canton is especially excited to show off his new little sister. Thank you to all for your kind thoughts and good wishes during this time. We can’t wait for you to meet Liberty!
Its been a long day so more pictures to come!
I know, everyone wants to know about the baby. Mom just loves answering emails and walking around the neighborhood having people say “you’re still pregnant?” Well, like me, big brother, this little one has decided to stay with mom longer than anticipated. While we’re waiting the big arrival mom and dad have been keeping me busy with karate and plenty of space talk (crafts, books, etc). Pap came down last weekend to help out and joined us for fun at Riven Rock Park and even went to the planetarium (though he did fall asleep 🙂
Fingers crossed for the big day coming sooner rather than later!
Mom and Dad have been trying to do as many things with me as they can before the baby gets here. Here are a plethora of photos of my last couple weeks.
Riven Rock Park–the mountain spring water was SUPER cold!
Splashing with Dad
Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton–super fun and learned a lot!
PBS Literacy Festival–I met Clifford and won 8 free Karate Lessons!
Karate
Elias’ Birthday Party–Great time! Rode a pony and tried/fell off a rope swing! 🙂
This pregnancy has definitely been different for mom. Evidently I just made her tired, but this one is HURTING her! She’s been having contractions for about a week, so, we’ll see if the little one decides to make an appearance anytime soon, otherwise we’re at the 10 day countdown! Plus side, she only gained half of what she gained with me! 🙂
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