Melanie Jayne

Melanie Jayne was born on June 29th 2012. She weighed 9 lbs 14 ounces. I had to be induced on my due date because I had high blood pressure. I think it was Heavenly Father's way of getting her out before she got too sick. She swallowed meconium in the uterus before the broke my water and it was in her lungs and had we waited a few more days she might have gotten pneumonia and had to be sent to Primary's in Salt Lake. So Heavenly Father helped by allowing me to have her on her due date so we wouldn't have to spend two weeks in Salt Lake. It was bad enough that I couldn't hold her for 6 to 8 hours after she was born. It was awful to see her hooked up to an iv and all sorts of machines for the first three days of her life. Dan gave her a blessing and after that Melanie started to get better. It took three days but she got better and we got to go home.  Melanie is doing great. She is a really good baby. At night she sleeps 3 to 4 hours between feedings, so I am managing to get enough sleep to manage the other three kids. Dan has been wonderful. He is working from home so that if I need help he can be there. 

She does not like her carseat but she did stop screaming before we got home and I was able to snap this before she started screaming again. This kid has got a set of lungs. She is very much like her brother Skyler. He came out screaming bloody murder.  Her scream is very much like his, the only difference is Melanie like to cuddle and Skyler didn't so it makes it more manageable. She doesn't use her terrible scream to often now that we are home and she isn't hooked up to monitor's. She hated being hooked up to all those machines.

She loves her Daddy!

Isn't she cute. She has such pretty skin. 

Grandma Erickson with her little Melanie

She is a prima donna just like Kaitlyn. 

Grandma Devenport with her little Melanie

Kaitlyn loves her baby sister. She always wants to hold her and help. Its so different having older kids with a baby. Its actually a little easier. I like it better.

My two little girls.

Naptime

Its very rare that I was able to snap a picture with her eyes open. Isn't she adorable.