I'm a (great) aunt - again!

Ok - so I love, love, love being an aunt. I love my niece & nephews to pieces. But what I really like is that when THEY have kids - it makes me a GREAT aunt. And the title says it all. I'm Great - and I'm an aunt.

So we all know Miss Madelyn was my first great niece. Erin had another baby Saturday, Payton Avery. She weighed in at a whopping 9 lbs 15 oz. Yes, ladies - you read that correctly. She was 22" long. She was so big that Erin had to have surgery to "repair" some things. I will pause so you can cringe & cross your legs together real tight..........

We all know I have no shame. And while that's ok for me & MY personality - I COMPLETELY respect the fact that not everyone is like me & wants to have all their biz-nuss out there for the world to know. That being said - I will just say that there were some complications during delivery & Payton had to be sent over to Kosair's. She's being taken care of by a team of doctors & nurses there. But any prayers you could send up to the Big Man would be greatly appreciated!

Ok-so Erin had her "procedure" & the rest of the fam wanted to go to Kosair's to see Payton. Erin didn't want to be by herself (understandably), so being the "great" aunt that I am - I told her I would stay with her. But she wasn't very good company, because she slept almost the whole time. And the poor thing wasn't awake when they needed her meal requests. The joke was on her 'cuz me & the dietician lady sat down & figured out what she'd be eating! And I love Erin 'cuz she'd TOTALLY tell me if I did bad - and apparently - I did do bad Sunday for lunch... Oopsie...

Madelyn got to come into the hospital later Saturday evening to visit with her mommy.
And this is where the story gets REAL funny. Since Eric, Erin & Lora had been up since Friday morning (Erin went to the hospital Friday night around 7pm & Payton was born Saturday morning around 8:15am), they were all completely exhausted so I offered to babysit Miss Madelyn. Well, her Uncle Cole couldn't have her get one up on him, so he stayed the night too!

We had a gourmet meal of chicken tenders & french fries. (What have I told you about my cooking skillz?) Here's a funny one for ya - they told me if I gave her juice to water it down because if she drank too much of it - it would bother her little bottom. I told them, "Don't worry about that - I don't have juice!"

When I tried to get her to go to sleep she cried & cried (they told me she would do that. Her daddy said I would have to hold her down... uh - I couldn't do that...'cuz I was afraid she'd get too upset & stop breathing! -she did that once a while back & I was fuh-reaked out that she would do it on my watch!) She did anything she could to keep herself awake. She tried to pull her hair, she would pat her hand against her mouth to make noises. But what Miss Madelyn didn't realize was that Great Auntie Jaime is just as stubborn as she is! So I rocked her & rocked her. For 1/2 hour we rocked. So then I decided to sing to her. And whaddya know? She fell asleep. Now - this could be for either 2 reasons. #1-my singing was so soothing that it put that sweet little baby to sleep. Or #2-my singing was so offensive to her ears she thought to herself, "I gotta go to sleep so this horrid noise will stop!"

I left her on the bed for a little while so she'd get good & asleep. Then I moved her to a blanket I had on the floor next to the bed.

And of course, this little guy couldn't be left out - so he slept in our room too!