Welcome June Elise!

May 20, 2009 - 8lbs 4.5oz - 20.5cm

We are all finally home and settling in at the Markelz household! I’m typing this with one hand while feeding June – I forgot how many things I can do one-handed!

June decided Wednesday would be the day. I started having contractions around 2am, and by 5am it was time to wake up Trapper and tell him this was the real deal. Our wonderful neighbor, Beth, came over to watch Hannah and Lucy, and by 7am we were in the car fighting rush hour traffic to the hospital. We laughed how everyone around us was on his or her regular trip to work – sipping coffee, listening to the news – while we were about to have a baby!

The day unfolded pretty normally. It’s so much more calm the 3rd time around. The pushing was definitely hardest this time though – and we soon found out why: June was 8lbs 4.5oz! Our biggest baby by far!

The next two days were boring for me and hectic for everyone else. I sat in the hospital resting, catching brief moments of alertness from sleepy June amongst hours of bad daytime TV. Trapper ran back and forth visiting me, taking care of the girls, and handling the house. We are SO very lucky to have such wonderful neighbors and friends to spend time with Hannah and Lucy while we took care of June.

June and I came home on Friday and the girls were so excited. Hannah keeps saying, “She’s SO cute!” over and over again. She’s also a little annoyed that her arrival has messed up our usual routines. It will be nice for her when preschool starts up again on Wednesday and she can have some time to do things she likes to do. Lucy is a very loving big sister. She shows great concern when June is crying and runs to say hello to her over and over again all day. It’s a little challenging to keep Lucy from poking her eyes or being too rough, but she’s learning.

And little June-Bug? She’s a pretty good baby so far! Lots of sleeping, with more alert time each day. She likes sleeping on mom or dad’s chest and loves our trips in the stroller. It will be so fun to see her little personality emerge. For now, she’s a little warm bundle sleeping in the corner. Which is fine by us, because we’re tired!