Around this time one week ago....

I was sitting at ACMC clinic waiting to be checked over by the doctor and looked at Max and said, "We are NOT supposed to be here-- we need to be across the street at the hospital!!!" .... Approximately 4 hours later, our new sweet little addition to our family was brought into the world (in a rather interesting fashion, but we can talk about that later :))
At 1:45 pm on 10.5.2011- Piper Grace Johnson was born and we have since found ourselves completely head over heels in love with her! She has the prettiest full head of dark hair, tiniest little features, dark deep blue eyes, and is a peanut, weighing in at 7lbs 3oz... She is absolutely perfect, I think we'll keep her ;)
I'm not the only fan of her.... Her big brother Ryder is sliding into his roll quite nicely. He loves to show off his baby 'sissy' and currently as I type, he is entertaining Piper by playing "this little piggy"... Of course, he has some adjustments to make, but we're working through those and it will just take some time...
We delivered Piper at Meeker Memorial Hospital and this is my shoutout to my small town hospital: we enjoyed our stay completely and had some of the best nurses/doctors I could have ever asked for... From the time we checked in to the time we checked out with our new little babe, we were treated fabulously. Our room was beautiful, big, and spacious - the nurse's were constantly checking to make sure we were doing okay - and overall we were just really pleased with our experience...
Since being home we have somewhat settled into a routine.. With the exception of the first couple nights, Piper has done so well sleeping, only waking up to eat every 2-3 hours and then falling right back to sleep... She loves to snuggle up with her mommy in the wee hours of the morning, and sleeps on and off all day, which means she has a lot of growing to do! She is pretty mild tempered, but will definitely let you know when she's not happy (example: diaper changes). She eats like a champ and although I started out exclusively nursing, I have since switched to pumping only and also supplementing with formula... I will save my thoughts on this for another blog though- because I could go on forever! The point is, Piper Grace is doing great, we are happy to be home and settled, and can't wait to get to know this little girl who has turned our lives upside down-- in a good way, of course!!