NICU = Healthy Baby Girl

When we went in for Stellas first check up a few days after coming home, and the doctor was worried about her jaundice levels. We noticed that she was looking a little well... yellow, but I was in denial. I was trying so hard to nurse her and give her what she needed, but my milk supply was just not coming in!!!! ( VERY FRUSTRATING)  So we had her blood taken, witch made me feel so sad, because the guy was so rough!!! We got a call a few hours latter telling us that tella needs to come in to the NICU ASAP!

She was submitted with dehydration as well as jaundice....They put her on her little tanning bed and told me that I could not pick her up for two days!!!! That seemed like FOREVER, on the third day I was able to try and nurse her again and we where discharged latter that day.

I know that jaundice is a very common thing for babies to get, and that you cant really help it if it happens... but its hard not to feel hopeless! I cant even imagine to new moms that, have very pre-me babies that need to stay in the NICU for months! That would tare me apart, but we grow form those experiences, and they make us stronger! We where so blessed to only have to be back in the NICU for only three days!!!!
As you can see she got a lot better and when I took off her blindfold I got this look!! (Where have you been MOM) I never left her side! Jonny and I took turns staying at the hospital, but I couldn't stay away for too long. Thank goodness my mom was here to help us, in the hospital with spending time and taking shifts! It would have been a lot harder without her by my side, I truly have the best MOM ever, and Stella has a pretty awesome Grammy! We did learn that Stella like me, LOVES SOAKING UP THE SUN!!!!! ;)

Welcome Stella Mae Holden

STELLA MAE HOLDEN
Birth Date: November 4, 2015
Where: Houston, Texas Memorial West campus Hospital
Time: 5:04 P.M
Weight: 7' ll oz
Length: 18 1/2 in
Born Via: C-section
Features: Dark brown hair, a cleft chin, and the Thomas nose!

We counted right away all ten fingers and ten toes, she was perfect!!! It was so great to bring her home, when we sent out the pictures below everyone was so surprised about how much hair she had. I thought that she would have some, but not a full head. She was so cute and so small that I wanted to capture that moment, so latter in life she can see all her little features. So I took a little photo shoot of all the parts of her cute little body! (above)
We had a good friend in our ward, take some newborn pictures of Stella. She was about a week old and freshly tanned from being in the NICU for the past few days. I just love all the bows and clips I have gotten for Stella, but as a newborn her head look pretty small with a giant bow on top.

I decided that every year on Stellas birthday, I would get a picture of her with my pearls. Then when she turns 18 (oh my)!!! We will get her, her own set of pearls for grauation!


Grammy even made her a little pearl bracelet, that she had special for her blessing day.


We soon found out that Stella loves Bath time, like so many of her cousins. She was smiling and splashing from day one! She is not the only one that loves bath time so much, when we take her out of the water, and dry her hair it gets super curly, then fluffy. I think that when it gets longer we will have a Blond ringlet hair, Blue eyed girl on our hands. AND of course the wonderful  baby smell!!!!!!!!