Ann Geurian Teeter

I'm finally putting Ann on the internet much to her Daddy's dislike.  I will try to not post pictures of her that will be embarrassing at some point in her future and I'll try to not divulge too much information or tell stories that she will one day not appreciate.  I will keep in mind that she is a little person that will very soon have her own opinions and has a right to privacy as much as I do as an adult.

Now that is out of the way here are some details on our little girl!!

Ann Geurian Teeter was born at 6:13 p.m. on September 16th.  She weighed 8 oz and is 20.5 inches long.  In other words she is PERFECT.

Here is my first picture with her... I guess Sarah had not gotten ahold (not sure if that is a word but I'm using it) of my hair yet but I will say that this is probably the one time in my life where I was not concerned about my hair.  The one and only time.  The last time.  (also these pictures are sadly blurry...)

Totally thinking "Oh my gosh...oh my gosh.... Ann!!!  You're so pretty!!  I LOVE YOU!!!! "

Here is our first family picture!!  (I'm blinking, my face is crazy swollen but so is Ann's and John just has a good set of cheeks on him so we're all happy)

Most of the rest of my pictures of Ann are sadly from my iphone.  Phone cameras have ruined everyone I think!  So much easier to snap a picture with my phone than to grab my camera.  I'm trying to be better though so I have higher quality pictures of our little girl baby.

This is how Ann loves to sleep.  She prefers not to be swaddled so that her arms are free and she can stretch her legs out.   She also loves sleeping in her basket.  We have a stand for it and that is where she sleeps at night in her room.  The first two nights she made it in her crib but after her exhaustion of being born wore off she realized she was in a vast open space and decided she needs to be cozy.  She sleeps so good in this basket and is such an adult girl baby for sleeping in her room!  Anyone think she has her Daddy's cheeks??   

Little Green Nugget

Snoozing on her Daddy's lap!  

Ann definitely has her Daddy's profile.... she has his nose, eyebrow bone, cheeks and ears.  Her eyelashes are starting to grow in so we will see how long they get!!  She has tons of hair but I think it's going to fall out and come back in blond.  She has all of this blond fuzz under the dark hair and it continues to lighten.  She also has a lot of his mannerisms already which is hilarious to watch.  She has my impatience though and as mean as this is I laugh at certain cries she does because they are clearly out of frustration or because we are not responding quick enough and I can completely relate to that.  She is so strong already and is doing great at holding her head up on her own for longer and longer periods of time.  She's kicking at us and pushing off of us when we hold her which I know is making her legs stronger.  Side note:  poor Ann has my toes.  Poor little girl will have to deal with ugly feet.  Maybe she'll be a beautiful ballet dancer and the overlapping toes will fit perfectly into pointe shoes and she can thank me!!

 Ann is two weeks old today and this has been the best two weeks of my life.  She is a wonderful baby.  The transition has been surprisingly easy!  The first week we had a few frustrations with eating but quickly got those worked out and we're gaining weight like crazy.  Well Ann is, thankfully I'm losing weight like crazy.

Labor wasn't bad at all!  I know everyone has a different experience and people tend to tell you only their horror stories rather than their easy labor stories so I'll share that everything was pretty smooth.  The main hiccup was the epidural.  It only worked on my left side so my right side was not numb but the pain was manageable and you definitely need to pay attention to the breathing exercises they tell you to do because that is what got me through the pain.  We went in to be induced but that morning I went into labor on my own and we were having regular contractions which is in stride with our little girl wanting to go ahead and do this on her own.  We were in labor for about 12 hours with the first few being a relaxing morning and the last few an exercise in pain management.  John was a perfect husband and "coach" and I couldn't have gotten through it without his calm and steady encouragement.  My Mom, sister and mother in law were with us the entire day with my Dad in and out and John's Dad patiently waiting at our house with our fur babies.  I loved having our family close all day and the distraction was more than welcome.  When it was time to push it was just John and I and the nurses and doctor.  My doctor was incredible as well as my main nurse.  They both made the entire experience easy and relaxed.  I didn't have any anxiety and was ready to do whatever they asked of me to get Ann here as quickly as possible!!  Ann arrived and our whole world changed in the best way possible!!

I love being at home with this little girl and as much as I want her to stay this size forever we are excited to teach her everything we can and help her develop into a well rounded beautiful young woman.

We are savoring every single moment with her and obviously cannot imagine what in the world we did without this little stinker in our lives!!  She is everything we expected and much much more.  We are so blessed to have a healthy, perfect little girl and thank God every day for her.  She is perfection right in front of us!