Baby Cambry is here!

A few nights before Cambry was born, I was teaching Devin how to swaddle a baby using a stuffed animal. The next morning, I woke up to this. Classic!
I went to my OB appointment Friday morning May 14, and he said "You are dilated to a 5. You are in active labor." I looked at him surprised and said "Oh! I thought it would hurt at least a little bit!" Little did I know what was to come!
This was from a shower Cristy and Jessica threw for me in Salt Lake. It was so fun to see people I love and spend the afternoon celebrating the upcoming birth of Cambry. I got advice from current mothers ranging from "Don't trust anything the nurses tell you at the hospital- they have no idea what they're talking about" to "Go see a doctor immediately if you ever have thoughts of drowning your child." Good times.

Cambry Rappleye came May 14 at 8:43 pm after a pretty quick labor. She was 19 1/2 inches long, 6 pounds 11 ounces.

People told us to prepare ourselves for that first time we hold our baby as a new parent. There aren't any words to describe that overwhelming feeling of love we felt.

Siblings at the hospital.

she was a sucker for the binky her second day. The nurse took her to poke her with a needle and brought her back with that in her mouth. The lactation specialist had just been into my room saying, "Never EVER, for ANY reason give your baby a pacifier!" I took one look at my baby girl sucking away so contently and decided to take some of the advice from the baby shower.

Praying Mantis: her lounging position of choice. When she's not swaddled, she seems to always wiggle her way into this position.

Thankfully, one more person avoided the curse of cube feet, that has been plaguing Airharts for generations, probably tracing all the way back to Fred Flinstone himself.

Miniature babies have to do something big. This girl can yawn! She hasn't found her big voice yet, which Devin and I are especially grateful for at night.

Ok, One thing I've noticed is every time people come over to our house to meet Cambry, the men that don't have kids are always so stiff and awkward. A lot of them don't even want to chance "breaking" something so small. If they do hold her, it's because the wife makes them do it. A few days after we brought Cambry home, Devin said, "Babies aren't as scary and boring as I thought."

Precious family of 3