Reunion!

I've mentioned before that Nick and I took a Bradley Method childbirth class before Jo was born. It was super informative and was actually a huge contributor in our home birth decision. Our class lasted nine weeks (yep, nine weeks), but we felt extremely knowledgeable and as prepared as possible for our birth when we were done -- Nick and I both like information. We also met some really lovely families.

A few weeks ago we had a Bradley reunion with many of the families from our class. It was delightful to see the other moms and dads again and to meet the new babies that we had been preparing for. We talked about our birth stories and our new routines and feeding babies cookies and egg yolks and working and childcare and in-laws and a bunch of other things. Most importantly, we did a lot of staring at all of the amazing babies we made.

L-R: Vanessa & Jaxon, Lindsey & Alex, Jo & me, Kristina & Gus

Jo had a great time making new friends.

Jo and Gus get acquainted

She's a brick house!

My darling baby girl weighed in at 14 pounds yesterday and is already 25 inches long at 11 weeks. Our doc said that a good amount of weight gain is 3/4 of an ounce per day. Baby Jo is gaining 1.5 ounces per day. Girl likes to eat.

During the first few weeks after Jo was born, she had a hard time eating and wasn't gaining much weight (even our midwife was a little worried, and she never gets worried). We just kept plugging away. Then the first time she had a weight gain at the doc's I said to her, "Good job, baby girl." To which the doctor replied, "Good job, baby girl? Good job, Mom!" It didn't even hit me that her weight gain had anything to do with me. It's just my body doing its thing, right?

My sister has two adorable kids (although we still call them babies). Her sweet baby boy was a complete chubster when he was tiny, and my sister was so proud. Now I totally understand why.

Check out these cheeks.