The O'Briens: ITS A GIRL!!

Hooray!! Baby Sadie Anne O'Brien finally made her debut on June 29th at 1:28 pm. Boy oh boy was I surprised when we found out she was a girl! My "mother's intuition" was positive she was going to be a little fella. I have never been more excited to be wrong before in my life. I am totally and completely smitten by our little beauty and have already begun planning the many adventures we will have together.

Baby Sadie only 3 hours old!

Sadie is perfection. I have such a hard time believing that something this perfect and beautiful was given to me to take care of. Not only is Sadie generally a pretty relaxed and calm baby, but she already has a radiant smile that she loves to show off whenever she can. I spend most of my day just holding her and staring at her perfectly round face and watching her little chest move up and down as she breathes. (pathetic and sappy... I know!) Right from the very beginning of her life people were amazed at how beautiful our Sadie is. Because she stayed for so long in the womb she had none of the cheesy grey varnish most babies are born with, leaving her skin a beautiful pink color immediately after birth! Sadie was also blessed with a beautiful round head (no cone heads for us please). The nurses kept telling us how lucky we were that Sadie was such a beautiful baby. (I'm sure they say that to all the parents, but I like to believe Sadie is exceptionally beautiful) Sadie was born with a good amount of dark hair with a small silver lightning bolt shaped birthmark of blonde/silver hair (we hope the birth mark stays permanent... its so darn cute!). As she grows older her hair seems to be lightning up a bit and even gaining some reddish tints, but I hope it stays dark like her mama's hair! Her eyes were a dark grey, but just like her hair seem to be lightning up fairly quickly to a blue/grey color just like her daddy! Sadie's little face is a perfect circle with a tiny button nose right in the middle and perfectly pouty rosebud lips. She was in the 50th percentile for both height and weight when she was born at 7lbs 8oz and 19.5 inches. Another of our favorite features are her long arms and legs. Her long skinny little legs always dangle out and hang when we hold her in the cutest way! At the end of those long chicken legs are the BIGGEST feet a newborn has ever seen! Both G and I have quite large feet and it looks like Sadie inherited that from us right away! When the nurses took her away to be weighed and bathed they took a minute to print her feet... only her feet barely fit on the ink pad!! Everyone got a huge kick out of that! Along with her long legs and big feet she has long arms and big hands (the big hands I can't take credit for, she gets that entirely from her daddy!) Her long arms can stretch and touch together over her head (which apparently isn't normal for newborns? People keep freaking out over it!) Her big hands with long fingers will make perfect "piano hands" when she grows older. And last but not least... her bum!! Don't even get me started on how cute and little and adorable her little bum cheeks are!!

Baby's super long feet

Her blonde birthmark is on the left side... I couldn't find a better picture of it.
which is strange since I take a MILLION pictures of Sadie!

Not only is Sadie a beautiful baby but she is an awesome baby! The first few nights after we brought her home she slept a full 6 hours! (Thank you baby girl!) She still sleeps most of the day, but for the few hours she is awake she is totally alert and happy! She loves to interact with whoever is holding her and is super curious about anything that moves or makes sounds. Although she doesn't sleep six straight hours anymore she only wakes up twice a night to eat! (which makes for a very happy mama!) Little baby girl gets hiccups almost every single day! And the crazy part is she seems to love them! She is already the worlds best snuggler (Thank you Dilley family genes!) but sweats a TON when she sleeps. When she wakes up her hair is usually matted down with sweat... gross! One of her funnier characteristics is how much she already loves her hands! No matter how tightly I swaddle her she manages to wiggle her hands free and has to have them by her face to sleep. What a strange little girl!