Sadie Mae Badertscher was born on February 23rd at 6:09 p.m. Mom started having contractions early in the morning and tried to wait it out a little bit but after showering and lining up Ruby's care we took off to the hospital. Well...of course things slowed down once we got there but they decided to admit us anyways and we spent the day cruising the hallways of the hospital. Finally that evening things went from slow to FAST! When mom started to feel the need to push that girl was ready! Sadie weighed in at a whopping 5 lbs, 11 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. She was super healthy though, surprising all the nurses when her blood sugar levels were great and she started eating well. We got a pretty good snow storm that night but Grandpa Tim and Grandma Joy braved the weather to greet her that night before heading back to Wyoming. Grandma Lisa stayed with us for a week to help out and we have had a lot of wonderful and thoughtful gifts sent to both girls. Sadie will be having her "first house party" this weekend as we didn't do a formal baby shower for her, and again it is supposed to snow, but hopefully the roads will be okay for our Colorado friends to come out and meet her! (pictures to come!)
We are proud to announce that she is eating so well that at her 2 wk Dr. appointment she was already at 7 lbs, 1 oz! We are pretty sure that even though she started smaller than her big sister that she will be larger than her sister was (and maybe we can re-use more of Ruby's old clothes!)
Ruby is doing really well and loves her sister, she constantly asks, "Can I say hi to the baby?" We always say "yes, and you don't have to ask" but she asks about 20 times a day (no joke) She doesn't like to call Sadie by her name but instead refers to her only as "little baby". She is a big helper though and seems to be adjusting well so far.
Ruby is really into princesses and dress up right now. Can you tell?
