Newborn Pictures

Here is a link to a slideshow of Sienna's newborn pictures. We're blessed with several friends that have their own photography business. These were taken by Erin and Kelley from Studio 317. We love them!!

Make sure to have the speakers turned on because it's set to a song. When I first watched this, it made me cry, not only because they're beautiful pictures, but because I always sing this song to her and it happened to be the song in the background :).

http://www.studio317photo.com/sienna/

First 2 weeks

Introducing Sienna to Colby

Colby didn't seem too interested in Sienna. After he sniffed her, he just went about his daily life in our home. He still isn't that interested in her. However, when she is crying, he gives me a look, like "can you please stop that??" (I don't know why this is underlined, it won't let me undo it!)

Baby girl

How cute is this little one??

Mommy, Sienna, and Colby taking a nap

Here at the Gipson household, we've gotten used to family naps. We love them!

Sienna's first bath

Sienna lost her umbilical cord after about a week and a half. Now she gets real baths instead of sponge baths on the counter! Yay! Sienna seems to enjoy bath time so far. She likes sitting in the nice warm water. She doesn't like me rinsing her hair, however. She doesn't mind when we wash it, but boy does she get fired up when I rinse out the shampoo! The other day she had her first blow-out in the tub. I knew it would happen at some point, but it was on her 3rd bath! Thanks for that one little girl! Good times...

Sleeping with daddy

Sienna loves cuddling with us. She loves to sleep on our chests and we love it too! She is often found sleeping on daddy during football games.

Helping mommy with the dishes

I LOVE my Moby Wrap. This is the most comfortable baby carrier (I guess I haven't tried any other ones!). Sienna absolutely loves it and I can carry her around when I'm doing things in the house or when I'm going on any errands. It is perfect when we've had to go somewhere, that way no one touches her and she sleeps perfectly, all cuddled up. I definitely recommend this to anyone who has a little baby or is pregnant!

4 generations

My grandparents were in town and my grandma really wanted a picture of the 4 generations. How neat to have this picture!

Ready for her first weekend walk

We went on a walk this weekend and it reminded me that fall is coming soon! It was a beautiful, sunny day, with a slight breeze that felt amazing. It made me so excited for more family walks in the future and for Fall that is sneaking up on us :).

Welcome Sienna Grace

It's been one week since Sienna has entered our lives and we are completely in love with her. We already can't imagine life without her. We stare at her constantly, we hug and kiss her non-stop, and we think every facial expression, every noise, and every unintended smile are just amazing!

Sienna was a timely girl, born on her due date-Sept. 2, 2010. The day before she was born (Wed., Sept.1st), we had a doctor appointment and since I was still at 4cm, 90 effaced, the doctor asked if we wanted to wait around for her to come on her own time or if we wanted to be induced. I was ready to be induced and to meet our little pink bundle! So she scheduled us to be induced on Thurs. morning at 6am. As we were leaving the doctor's office, Garth looked at me and said, "Now I bet you'll go into labor tonight, you just watch."

Low and behold, that night we were at my parents having dinner and I started having contractions. They weren't too bad, but some were pretty uncomfortable. They started to be more regular, but I could still talk through them and continue what I was doing, so I thought they were just false labor contractions. It felt more like cramps than anything else.

We went home around 9:30ish and by 11 I was having real contractions. Now I know what they feel like!! Wow did they hurt! I couldn't talk, couldn't walk, and they made me want to throw up at every contraction. We started timing them and at 12:30 we ended up going to the hospital where they admitted me. Garth was right!

After a few hours of experiencing contractions, I ended up getting an epidural, which was the best decision I made. My doctor broke my water the next morning around 7:30 and at 11:54 am, Sienna Grace Gipson entered the world. She was 7 lbs. 10 oz., 19 inches long.

She is the most beautiful baby girl and we feel so blessed that God brought her into our lives.

A few minutes after Sienna was born. She was so alert!

Our new family!

Beautiful girl

With her daddy after her first sponge bath at home

cuddling with mommy

first car ride home-she's so itty bitty in that car seat

Continue to check back for updates on our new precious little girl!