It's Triplets!

We had so much for with our "twins" post that we thought a triplet post would be fun too! Emaleigh and Derek came to visit us in the hospital on Monday night. The twins were one week and one day old when they stopped to see us. Claranna, Emaleigh and Derek all weigh within ounces of each other. It was so amazing to see these three tiny, adorable cousins together! If you can't tell, Claranna is in the middle.

My cousin Sara with Claranna.

Proud parents Sara and Kory with their sweet babies.

Claranna and Her Family

Claranna and her mommy and daddy on Monday morning--- she's a half day old!

Ella and James came see their baby sister again on Monday. This time Ella was able to hold her and it was a special moment. James is in love with his baby sister. He loves to look at her and is very gentle when he touches her, though he hasn't wanted to hold her yet.



When James was born, he gave a gift to Ella. To keep the tradition going, Claranna had gifts for her big brother and sister. They were very excited!

A Lite Brite and Frank the Combine from the Cars movie... I'm told these gifts kept the kids quite occupied while they stayed at the farm!

Meeting Grandma and Grandpa O.

Claranna and Grandpa Jim

Grandma Judy and Claranna

First Bath

Here are a few pics of Claranna's first bath. As you can tell, she wasn't a fan. She was much happier once she was all swaddled up again.

Labor & Delivery Details...

Claranna Rose was born at 38 weeks and 6 days. We were all expecting the baby to arrive a little earlier than that as was the case with Ella and James, but Claranna took her own sweet time. After about two weeks of on and off contractions and one false alarm, an induction was scheduled for Monday, April 27th at 7:30 a.m. The primary reason for the induction was because of the concern that I would have a rapid labor since James arrived so quickly.

On Sunday morning, our family went to church, went out for donuts, and took Ella to Toys R Us so she could spend some birthday money. After the kids had their naps, we were considering heading to Sam's Club, but that never happened. I had a few periodic contractions in the morning, but nothing different than what had been happening for much of the past two weeks. By late afternoon, I realized that the mild contractions I was having were starting to come at a regular pattern. I told Mark and we decided I should think about getting ready to go to the hospital. Grandma came and picked up Ella and James and we were off to the hospital. My contractions were about four minutes apart and starting to hurt more. I had to tell Mark to slow down a few times during our drive as he started to see that I was reacting to the contractions.

We arrived at the hospital at about 5:15 pm. By 5:40 I was settled in and when they checked me and I was already dialated to 6 cm, so they told me I would be staying. I was thankful that I had enough time for a spinal block. Once I had pain relief, labor went smoothly and continued quickly. We did have a little scare during delivery as Claranna arrived with the cord around her neck, but it was quickly removed and her color was great. This labor did progress as expected and was even faster than when I had James. Within two hours and 45 minutes of our arrival at the hospital, we welcomed our beautiful baby girl. I guess it was a good thing that we went to the hospital when we did!!


Here are a few pics from Sunday night:

At the hospital--ready to pop! (And, obviously between contractions...)

After getting some great drugs!

Daddy cuts the cord.

Weighing our baby girl.

Daddy meeting his sweet girl.

Claranna checked Daddy out too! Love this pic!

We had great delivery nurses...they took most of these pictures for us! Thank you!

We are now settled at home and I will attempt to get a few more pictures blogged. Claranna is doing really well, but she is suffering from infant jaundice and is pretty yellow. We will be going back in to have her levels checked tomorrow. Her renal ultrasound was normal twelve hours after birth. That's good news so far. When Peds Urology checked Claranna out, we were told it could be a false normal since she was more than likely dehydrated. They will follow up with us after her test for kidney reflux. For now, we are concentrating on eating, sleeping, and changing diapers. : )

First Moments with Claranna Rose

Here are a few pics of our sweet new baby girl as she met Mommy, Daddy, Ella, James and during her first hour. We were able to get my parents to bring the kids to the hospital before they went to bed last night. We didn't tell the kids (or Grandma & Grandpa) any baby details before they arrived. It was really fun to see the kids' excitement as they learned that they had a brand new baby sister!! Enjoy the just born pictures!


Mommy and Claranna


Being told, "It's a girl!!!"

Checking out their new sister...

James takes a closer look.

So does Ella...

Ella gives her baby sister her first hug.

A family of five...

Claranna with her Mommy and Daddy

Of course there are many more pictures...but they will have to wait for another time...we're tired. Thank you to all who have sent us your congratulations or stopped by to meet our new blessing!

It's a...

GIRL!!!
Claranna Rose Ostman
April 26, 2009 @ 7:59pm
6 lbs. 1 oz. 18.5 inches

All is well.... more news to come!!!

M&M Seeds...

I told James we were going to go out shopping to buy seeds for Daddy's garden this morning. He got really excited and said, "We need to buy some M&M seeds and gumball seeds because I will plant those and I like to eat them!" It's true, James would love to eat that kind of produce from the garden. Sometimes he is just too funny!!!