Week 1: Our Little Baby Girl

We are officially home from the hospital with our beautiful baby girl. Can't believe it!!!

Here are some quick info updates for all, Baby Blueberry is now officially:

Evelyn Gaa Yi Ma

馬嘉怡

7 lbs 5 5/7 oz

20 inches long

Mummy and Daddy were very anxious at the end. We still didn't know how to react but once we laid eyes on our little Evelyn, all fell into place!! We were estatic to have our baby girl!! Lil' Evelyn definitely has Daddy wrapped around her pinky already!! She is already nursing so well compared to big brother Erik, in fact, Evelyn came out and immediately took onto nursing like a pro! WOW! Mummy had to be reminded again on the whole breastfeeding routine though. We are all doing well and slowly adjusting to our new expanded family of four!

Status On Mummy

Mummy is recovering well so far but definitely need all the pain medication she needs. She'll have to go back and forth to the doctors for check-ups but so far, it is going well. In fact, Mummy was even able to nurse baby Evelyn, put her to "bed" (i.e. in Daddy's arms), and spend some much needed quality time with Erik (who was neglected from Mummy's attention for 4 days straight)!

Status On Daddy

Daddy is doing amazingly well, although he did fall asleep for quite some time in the middle of the night when Mummy & Daughter's first night home! Lost some brownie points there but he made back his brownie points the next day when we had to take baby Evelyn to the hospital for her lab work. Daddy was able to "rescue" his little daughter already by soothing her so she won't cry when she needed to be poked. However, Daddy is definitely exhausted as well. He's trying his best to entertain Erik and run out a preschooler energy (but Daddy's energy is also drained at the same time) yet be there to hold and cuddle lil' Evelyn. Daddy even BBQ'ed for 4th of July (with G'ma Katy's help, of course) and took the family to go see fireworks!!

Status On Big Brother Erik

So far, Erik is adoring his baby sister. He wants to kiss her and hold her. Very curious. Erik even shares his special blanket with his sister and insists that Mummy covers Evelyn up because it's "too cold". At the same time, Erik is extra sensitive. Daddy explained how baby sister came and that Mummy has a big owie, poor Erik, he cried with great empathy that evening saying "I don't want Mummy to have owie!". He was also very sad to know that his little sister had to get lab work and was poked on her heel and claimed "I don't want her to go to hospital any more and get more owies!" At the same time, being a big brother admittingly is very difficult on Erik, he openly tells Mummy one sad moment "I want to be big but it's so hard!!" with a big cry and tears rolling down his cheeks.

Status On Little Sister Evelyn

She's a simple and straightforward girl so far. She loves to nurse that is the ONE and only thing that can comfort her. However, Evelyn does NOT like a wet or dirty diaper at all, not even for one minute. She'll wake up in her deep sleep demanding to be changed [with a big cry of course]. Evelyn also doesn't like to be over stimulated, it takes her an extra long 2 hours to calm down if she doesn't her beauty sleep in. Basically, don't mess with her! However, she loves to be held nice and tight by Daddy, Grandma Katy, and Mummy. She'll stir just a bit whenever she hears Erik's voice, which was expected since even in the womb, she'll move quite a lot whenever Erik "talks" to Mummy's stomach. Just not sure if she likes all the noises or just irritated by them?!?!