We are having a hard time getting great photos of Hayden but here are a few. She looks exactly like Jordyn except for her coloring, Hayden's hair is much lighter and redder. And Hayden totally makes the same faces as her daddy!

Yesterday Hayden had another check up at the doctor. She is now 20 inches according to the doctor, which means about 1.25 inches of growth since the last visit. She is also just under 8 pounds, meaning a weight gain of 15 ounces. Hayden is staying consistent and measuring in the 25th percentile for height and weight. The doctor says she is doing great. Her birthmark has reddened a lot and the doctor said again it may also grow as she grows but eventually will go away. Now we will not go back to the doctor until she is 2 months old.
We are still adjusting but doing very well. Hayden does like to stay up very late at night but we are hoping she is gradually changing her schedule to daytime hours.

Houston, we have a belly button! After almost three weeks, Hayden's umbilical cord has finally fallen off. Yay! Her appetite has been increasing and we can tell she is growing. We will find out how much she has grown next week at the doctor's. Hayden is a great baby. She sleeps a lot. Her fussy time is usually somewhere between 9:30 and 10:30 but other than that she rarely cries - only if we haven't brought out food fast enough. We have been sort of muddling through a schedule, she is a little flipped and sleeps during the day and then is up from about 8 or so until midnight, but after that she sleeps well. We have been taking pictures but none really do her justice and her coloring doesn't quite show up the way it does in reality. Hayden's color is quite red, there is light brown as well so it will be exciting to see how it grows out.


We also want to thank everyone who helped out and sent us things that first week we were home. Lauren's parents helped out a lot with food, and a beautiful Edible Arrangement. Aaron's parents gave us a lovely flower and balloon at the hospital. Also thank you so much to Qualstar for the yummy Mrs. Fields box, and Nevers Palazzo Maddux & Packard for the Mrs. Beasley's basket. So cute!

First doctor visit

Hayden had her first doctor visit yesterday. The doctor said she looks perfect. She has lost about 5 ounces but the doctor is not worried. Everything else checked out great, though she measured quite a bit shorter than in the hospital which we expected because Jordyn did, too. Hayden does have a birthmark on her back. It looked like a bruise in the hospital but has since faded to a whitish mark. We forget the official name for it (hemo something), but the doctor said it could get bigger, could get redder, but will most likely go away with time.
We also wanted to address Hayden's name. As you know, Hayden was not a choice in her name poll, and many of you remember this was the original name for Jordyn. Up until the final week of Lauren's pregnancy, we were still perusing the baby name book for possibilities. We knew we would wait to meet her to make a decision, though. Even at the hospital we tried throwing around names. Once Hayden was born, we spent at least an hour and a half just holding her, staring at her, trying out different names. Lauren still liked Daphne, Aaron really liked Samantha. We didn't think she looked like either of those names though. So we tried Hayden and decided that we could agree on it, and that she did look like a Hayden. So Hayden it is!

Hayden's Birth Story

At 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, Lauren woke up to find that her water had broken. Once Grandma arrived to stay with Jordyn, we went to the hospital per the doctor's instructions. After being admitted, the paper they use to test whether the membranes had ruptured was not turning the correct color and they were going to send us home. Lauren was sure, however, that it had been her water. We had to be on the monitor for one hour and with four mintues left Lauren felt another gush which they tested and confirmed that her water had indeed broken. They immediately started Pitocin because they want a delivery within 24 hours of breaking the water and the sooner the better to avoid infection. We watched some tv and waited. Lauren held out as long as she could and then had an epidural. After that she was feeling better and was about 5-6 cm dilated. After about an hour, around 3:00 p.m. Lauren began to feel pressure and pain again. She tried to wait it out but it was getting more intense and we called for the nurse who after checking Lauren had them call the doctor. The doctor was about 20 minutes away and they made sure the ER doc was standing by just in case. Lauren's contractions got more and more intense and she was feeling more and more, and after about 15 minutes real pushing Hayden Isobella was born, delivered by one of the nurses because she came too fast for them to call the ER doc and our doc had not arrived yet. Our doctor actually came in just after Hayden was born. As it turns out, Lauren only had the initial shot from the epidural, it was not on the rest of the time, so Lauren did deliver pain-med free. Our little girl, born on May 3 at 3:50 p.m. weighing 7 lbs 3 oz and 20.5 inches long, is beautiful. Her eyebrows are so light you can barely see them, she has thin eyelashes and hair on the light side. Jordyn is thrilled with her baby sister.

Welcome Hayden Isobella Miller

Yes you read the title correctly. Lauren, Aaron, and Jordyn would like to annouce Hayden Isobella Miller 7lbs 3oz 20.5 inches long. Hayden was born at 3:50pm on Saturday May 3, 2008.