Samantha's First Five Days

Its been a roller coaster first five days for our family. Monday morning, mommy and daddy went to the hospital early in the morning for the scheduled c-section for Samantha.

 At 10:53 in the morning, Samantha Evert Winton was born. She weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces, and was 19 3/4 inches long.

Things were going well at the hospital. Though Samantha had a lot of issues with here blood during the pregnancy, the doctors were checking her blood every 6-8 hours, and everything was looking good. She had plenty of visitors at the hospital. Grandma and Papa Dewitt were there, and Aunt Whitney stopped by, as well as Courtney, Jessica and Katie.

Everyone was doing so well, the ok was given to head home from the hospital on Wednesday. I was so excited to have my family back at home with me. (Thank you to Grandma and Papa Dewitt for taking care of me during this).

Wednesday night went ok for mommy, daddy and Samantha. They said it was a typical first night home from the hospital with a newborn.
Thursday morning Samantha had an appointment with the pediatrician and he said she looked good. He did more blood tests to make sure Samantha's levels were holding level and weren't getting worse.
Mommy and daddy were trying to settle in with her while I was at school.

The pediatrician called with the blood results in the afternoon and it wasn't good- Samantha's bilirubin count had jumped up sharply so he wanted her admitted to the hospital asap. Off went mommy and daddy in a bit of a panic. Grandma Dewitt picked me up from school to help out.
Samantha was quickly given an IV- not a fun process for her or daddy, and then put in the light blankets, top and bottom to help the bilirubin.

Mommy and daddy made sure the Mickey Mouse I gave Samantha was still near her- hanging right next to the IV bag-

The IV made a big difference, because by the evening she was a lot more alert.

She improved so much, she was able to come off the IV and just spend the night in the blankets.

This morning she was given the ok to come out of the blankets, and her blood levels will be rechecked this afternoon when hopefully she can come home again!

I Love Being a Big Sister

My little sister is here, and I love her! I love helping mommy when I can too.
I brought Samantha a little Mickey Mouse to keep her company.

My First Soccer Game

This past Saturday was my first soccer game. I'm lucky that my good friend Wyatt is on the same team! Here is a picture of our team, minus a couple of kids who didn't want their picture taken.

We had a little warm-up before the game-

The game was thirty minutes long, and for the first twenty-five minutes, Wyatt and I pretty much hung out together.

You can see in this video how we really weren't into the game-

At one point, I got caught up in the game and forgot about Wyatt-

The last five minutes of the game I finally got into the action-

Winter Fun

Though we didn't get any snow last night, all the freezing rain made enough of a layer of ice that I could go sledding- lots of fun!

Happy Valentine's Day

After going to breakfast as family, daddy took me to get a pedicure while mommy was getting her hair cut. I loved getting my toenails done.

Pictures Finally!!

Its been a long time coming, but here are pictures from last fall. Hopefully sometime later this week, I'll be able to put up pictures from Christmas. (It's hard to find time to put up pictures when I'm helping mommy and daddy get ready for my little sister to arrive)
Mommy and daddy took me to a farm in North Carolina to go apple picking. It was fun checking out the different animals on the farm and feeding them food, but I loved picking apples. I picked all the apples that we brought home.

We also went to another farm near us and there was a lot of things for kids to do.

For Halloween, I was a tiger! Our neighbor, Ms. Nancy painted my face and she did a great job. Daddy took me out trick-or-treating and though I was a little shy, I LOVED getting candy.

 We went to Boo at the Zoo with my buddy Wyatt-

Hanging out on my playhouse-

A selfie with daddy-

I'm Going...........

to be a big sister!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!! I woke up the other morning and moved some things around to make room for baby to sleep in my room.  I can't wait to help out.