Blessing #5: Annalise Elizabeth

On Wednesday, January 28th at 5:17 PM, my sweet Annalise Elizabeth entered our family. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 19 inches long. While her labor was the second longest of my five (20 hours), her delivery was the quickest, lasting only four minutes. No exaggeration I promise! I have her big day outlined and will fill in the details to complete her birth story before her first birthday.

Annalise has been with us for seven weeks now and her arrival into our family has been a very smooth one. She is a champion nurser and has been from her first latch. This week she has slept for 4-5 hour stretches at night, which is far better than her siblings ever did at this age. Like her brothers and sisters, she is fantastic at pooping up the back whenever I am busy. She is still sleeping almost all day, which makes our many daily car pool trips easy. My sweet girl loves to have her hair washed and will turn her head back and forth while we pour water on her to rinse out the shampoo.

Annalise's biggest fan is her sister. Amelia-Grace adores her and has turned into a little mama. She loves to announce, "Baby's hungwy!!!" whenever Annalise cries, and she and Collin argue often over whose turn it is to give her her binky. A-G also loves to put hair bows on her baby sister and to help swaddle her. I love it.

Thank you, God, for blessing us with this precious baby girl. She is a perfect fit for our family.