Brooklyn Hope Newquist

February 3, 2010~ Brooklyn Hope Newquist joined Gracie and Reagan as the Newquist Girls. She was delivered by c-section. It is very interesting to show up to the hospital to have a baby, but not be in actual labor. We arrived, got checked in, and waited. At 7:30am, Tim and I were taken back to the OR. By 8:19am she was here! I know that I haven't spent much time talking about Miss Brooklyn on the blog, but here is her story so far. In early June 2009, I went to my doctor because I was having abdominal pain. After having an ultrasound, I was told that I had an ectopic pregnancy and they would do surgery by the end of the day. I called Tim. He and Hayley met me at the hospital. After surgery, Hayley looked to excited and said, "do you know what is going on?" "No," I answered. It turns out that what we saw on the ultrasound was a cysts, not an ectopic pregnancy. I should have been 6 weeks along, but was actually only 3 and a half at the time. The 2 weeks following consisted of blood draw after blood draw and more ultrasounds. Finally, she was there! A little heartbeat on the screen. Now, 36 weeks later, she is here in my arms. God has had is hand wrapped around her this whole time. She is beautiful, perfect, and a miracle. So far, she never cries, just eats, and sleeps. I am so excited for Gracie and Reagan to meet their little sister tomorrow. All of the girls birthdays are on the 3rd of their months. So, Gracie and Reagan are 17 months apart, Reagan and Brooklyn are 21 months apart and Gracie and Brooklyn are 38 months apart! Yikes! I think that is very cool. I also love that names mean things. Here are what the girls names mean. Gracie Christine~ Follow of Christ's Grace Reagan Mercy~ King of Mercy Brooklyn Hope~ Brooklyn doesn't really mean anything, but I think Hope is big enough and means so much on its own. Here are some pictures of Brooklyn's arrival and the last couple days. Enjoy!



Life




There She Is...



Big Girl



Hi Baby



Brooklyn with Mom and Dad



With Nana and Papa





Papa Newk



Grandma Newk



Auntie Hayley



Sweet Baby



First Bath



A Bunch of Shraders




In Brooklyn's Crib, I put a picture of her sisters.



Mommy and Brooklyn after a rough day



Good Morning Day 1



Playing with Dad



Tom came to hospital and spent the night with Brooklyn and me one night. It was fun and wonderful. Thanks Papa!



Nana visiting~ My mom came and visited us everyday. So sweet and wonderful times! Thanks mom!



Sleeping Brooklyn





Sleeping Chubby Baby



Smiling Brooklyn



Our Little Light Baby-Brooklyn is Jaundice and has this light to help her!



So Sweet





And that says it all! Hopefully, there will be more soon!