Love that Baby!

Cutie!

one week old!

Wiped out!

The hospital was very accomidating except for the broken fold out couch for Glen. The first night in the hospital was exhausting. Glen woke up to every little sound Ginger made. The next night was better for him because he quickly learned that you just can panick over every little noise from the baby.
When Ginger is fussy while I change her, all she needs is Daddy's hands on her to calm her down. She calms down immediatley.

Family Visit

Wendy, Dad, Holly and my Mom came to see Ginger.
Glen was such a good support to me. I am so glad he was there with me the whole time.

My younger sister Holly made a quick visit before continuing with her wedding plans. She had just three days left before her wedding day.

My sister Wendy flew up from Texas to help me with the baby.

Our Bundle Of Joy!

Papa Dave holding Ginger for the first time. Look at all that dark hair! She looked just like she did in my dream. To my surprise I had a dream that she had dark hair. Before that, I figured she would have light/blonde hair.














I can't get over how cute she is. I just love holding her. I start to miss her if she sleeps longer than 2 hours. I love being her mommy. Seeing her makes me smile every time.
As soon as the doctor put her on my chest, she started sucking her thumb. How cute! The doctor said, "Well, we know what she's been doing for that past nine months!". After what the lactation nurse told me, I was against using a pacifier. That quickly changed after the first night home. I was up all hours of the night feeding her. Finally at 9am, I remebered how she sucked her thumb right after delivery and thought that maybe it would be a good idea to try out the pacifier. What a difference! Our second night home was so much better! I actually got some sleep and she didn't cry nearly as much as she did the first night.

Baby Ginger

Baby Ginger Rose Chandler. 20" long, 7lbs 14 oz. Born at 7:51pm Tuesday, Dec. 12th.














Glen and I made a second bet since we were wrong on our first bets. I guessed she would be born at 5pm and Glen guessed 8pm. Glen was just off by nine minutes.

Love Sewing!

This is my second sewing project. My mom bought me a sewing machine for my birthday. She helped me learn how to sew a fleece sleeper. After that, I was hooked. I've been wanting a carebear diaper bag and haven't found any anywhere except homemade ones on e-bay. I decided to tackle a diaper bag pattern to sew. To my surprise, it was pretty easy and I did it with little help from my mom. I worked on it for hours trying to finish it before Ginger was born. My timing was perfect! Ginger was born two days after I finished! I think sewing has come easy for me because it's alot like what I do with sheetmetal. At work I get patterns and directions to make things out of sheetmetal. I think I am taking a liking to sewing better than I did with sheetmetal. :)