Everyone loves the little details, right? Todays post will hopefully cover most of them for you guys 🙂 Some of you responded to my Facebook post with ideas, which I REALLY appreciate! Some of them will be answered today, and others will come in the posts to come. Today is JUST Wavy’s specific details.
Waverly Violet was born on July 2nd, 2018 at 10:46pm after 9.5 hours of labour.
She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was only 20″ long. Our teeniest baby.
She has a FULL head of thick hair that almost looks silvery to me. It isn’t, but our other kids started out with dark brown fuzz and her hair is definitely different. Maybe golden brown is the right direction? I’ll know more when we wash it.
She has dark eyes, as is common in newborns. Her eyes are blue, and they will remain blue, as Brady and I both have blue eyes, as do all the other kids. Did you guys know blue eyes are a genetic mutation? She HAS to have blue eyes because we do. So no surprises there.
Continuing on with her physical details, she has little while “milk dots” across her nose and in her brows like all of our babies have. I LOVE those things. They last such a short time.
Of all the kids, the most common perception is that she looks the most like Rowan.
She is a finger sucker. She makes the BEST slurping sounds!
Wavy was born with a MASSIVE umbilical cord. Like THICK! It looks very slug-like. I won’t lie. I’m excited for that sucker to fall off. Thankfully, its already drying up a bit, so its less *dry heave* sticky.
Our little girly gave me a fright when she first surfaced by not crying. She was wide awake, and gave annoyed grunts as our nurse wiped her off, but wouldn’t cry. Her personality continues to be that way. She is amazingly content and peaceful.
When Wavy is awake, she is WIDE awake. Totally alert. Yet again, she’ll lay wide awake, perfectly content, for longer periods of time than I expected.
Her lungs are 100% clear, which is a first for us. There is no rattle whatsoever in her breathing, leaving her mother in panic mode when she sleeps. Can’t she just gurgle a little even, so I can hear her breathe?!
Lastly, she is already SO familiar with her siblings. It must be very true that unborn babies can hear whats going on in the outside world from inside the womb, because she is so calm in all the chaos and noise that play out in the day. She just watches on from wherever she’s hanging out, totally at peace.
Did I get most of it? Do you feel like you know her a little bit better? She is truly remarkable in every way. Her personality is sweet and patient. She is low maintenance. She fits in so well here. And she is SO pretty!! I’m so thankful to have you all celebrating along with us!!