Blowing her little tiny mind

omg you guys.  my chair is VIBRATING.

One outfit, then.

Wow friends, two posts in one day.  Can't believe it.

Here is the link to the pictures I took of Iris this morning (which some of you have also received in an e-mail, but I could only remember so many e-mail addresses, so this is for everyone else).  Now that I have this Picasa thing up and running I won't be limited to how many pictures I can share w/ you each day since blogger's limit is shockingly small, but Picasa is designed to hold photos, so this will be better.  

she knows

Iris is just waking up (of course!  since I decided to sit down and write this post, NOW is when she wakes up).  So I'll keep this short.

She slept for seven hours straight last night.

She only screamed for like, two or three hours preceding that magical chunk of zonk.

When she woke up this morning, she ate and ate and ate and aaaate for another two or three hours, then went back to sleep for a morning nap.  

Bless the child, I think she's finally found the best way to say I love you (ed. to add: or perhaps she just really wants me to have time for showers).  With sleeeeeep.  

More pictures & fun with before and after

Iris is sleeping right now, partaking of what we have been calling her morning nap, even though it is not morning, nor was it so when she fell asleep.  I guess we could start calling it her daily zonk, or the big sleep that happens sometime while the sun is up, but morning nap still works for me.  So this is me trying to do a good job of being productive while the baby is asleep.  I PROMISE I get enough sleep at night, so for those of you who are ready to vilify me for being awake right now, I assure you, I am fine.  Besides, if I wasn't awake doing productive stuff, you wouldn't be getting pictures, so there.  

I could have sworn I uploaded more pictures than this, but I think blogger is being persnickety about the number/size of photos that are allowed per post.  There was this super adorable one of Kyle and Iris (not the one below) where you could actually see Kyle's face and it was all super-sweet and father/daughter-ey and whatnot.  I'll get to that one next time, I suppose.  Also it's sort of sad that pregnancy/surgery does such a number on your body because as you can see from the last photo down there, I don't look so great in any of the pics that happen to include me from the first few days of Iris' life.  I mean, no one expects you to look your best or even mildly good after having a baby, no matter how that baby entered the world, but it would be nice if I didn't cringe just a little bit at all those pictures.  We'll have to make some more attempts to get a good family photo soon, especially since I don't think there are any pictures of the two of us (or the three of us) since those first few days.  

Iris just moments before she shows off her sleeping pirate face.  It involves lots of eye rolling and winking.  Please note that I do mean eye as in singular-one eye rolling while the other stays shut.  It's freaky and cool all at the same time.  I'll work on getting a shot of that next time. 

Very first visit with the doctor

Iris and me the day she was born

I realized that I'm wearing the exact same outfit today as I was on her birthday, so I decided to do an 'after' shot for comparison.  Amazing what the removal of nearly 9lb. of child from your abdomen will do for your physique.  

Grandma!

Grandma!

Edema. 

The swelling has gone down and my head is back to normal, non-pumpkin proportions, in case anyone was concerned that I might pull a neck muscle trying to heave that massive noggin up off the pillow.  

I am sure there were other things I was going to tell you about, but they are lost to me now if they were ever really there in the first place.  I think next time I post I'll try to have a little Iris fashion show & put her in some of the outfits she's gotten from everyone.  Or I'll do that until she is so totally annoyed with me that I have to stop.  So maybe I'll get one or two outfits in.  We shall see.   

Okay! Yes! Pictures!

I am still suffering from a pretty severe case of the stupids, so I'll just leave you with these pictures today & promise to return with my mental facilities in tact by sometime in 2027 at the very latest.  

Iris just a few minutes old

Hey I just had major surgery & stopped sleeping at night all in the same day.  Seems like a good time for a picture.

Please do not be jealous of my saucy hat.  

Think he looks tired?  

Iris' second-favorite pastime (her first is trying to saw off my nipples with her tiny razor-edged gums - we're working on that one).

P.S. The hospital pictures are available at www.our365.c0m.  Search using last name, city, state & Iris' birthday (2/26/09).  The password is "Iris."  

One week(ish) in...

Wow.  I feel like there is so much to say that I don't know where to even begin.  Being a parent has been totally surreal so far.  I think Kyle is better at this gig than I am--at the very least he's much more chill about everything than I am.  Of course I think that may have always been the case in pretty much every situation.  

Iris pretty much has two modes: sleeping and eating.  She does them both a lot and for long stretches of time.  So the sleeping part is great, although a little disconcerting when we're rounding out on hour four of totally zonked out kid (we wake her to eat, but I bet if we didn't she'd sleep for much longer).  The eating thing is not as neat.  Nursing for 3+ hours straight is not my kind of fun.  

I'm healing from the surgery quite well.  I am still taking some pain meds though so my thinking skills are pretty curtailed still.  I'll be back with more info when I can think a little more clearly.

Oh and Patty, she was born at 5:53 pm.   

Good morning everyone!!  This is Kyle.Iris is currently getting checked out by the professionals, so we have a little break.  Everyone is still doing well.  Megan says the main thing that hurts is her ribs from where Iris's head was .  Iris has had several compliments on her cuteness and her lungs.  She has gone from periods of peaceful tranquility to some crying bouts, but really enjoys the initial swaddle and then kicking off the covers for freedom.  Everyone has been nice so far.  Emily stayed at the house last night and Kelley stopped by for a brief visit.  Dr. G stopped by this morning and said the Megan will most likely get her staples out on Sunday and we could probably be home shortly thereafter (which Megan is very excited about).  It's been a great experience and we will keep you posted on new developments (aka the continuing story of Iris Luella Kelley).  Megan and I are still kind of in shock that we have a little person with us now.