Chloe Brenda Marie Partridge

Weighing in at 6 pounds and 11 ounces and standing (or lying) at 18 and 1/2 inches, Chloe Brenda Marie was born October 15, 2008 at 1:37 p.m. She has a head full of dark brown hair and has bright pink skin. Chloe really likes to sleep right now, which is good for me, but I worry she's not eating enough. That's the magic of percocet. I've been trying to keep the meds at a minimum, but I did just have major surgery.

Halle loves her little sister. She decided we could go ahead and name her Chloe. After watching the Disney movie "Twitches" she decided that the baby's name had to be Alex, which was the name of one of the twin witches in the movie. Luckily, we were able to convince her that Chloe was a much better name for her little sister. After the birth her Grandma spoiled her with twin baby dolls and she named one of them Alexis. The other baby's name is Brandy. I don't think that was the name of the other twin in the movie, however.

I came home from the hospital friday night. I'm doing a lot better than I thought I would. I don't really need a lot of meds to keep the pain under control, and I'm up and about without too many complications. I should probably take it easy a little more though.

I decided to breastfeed despite the many complications I had with my first experience, and it's gone surprisingly well, painful, but well. My milk has already come in, but Chloe is so sleepy that I'm producing more than she's eating. I guess it's time to store some milk for the future in case I need it for anything.

Dropping Bomb Bird

You know, this is the first time I've uploaded videos on You Tube. It's only been a few hours and I've already had 10 people look at them. It's kind of exciting and disturbing at the same time.

Feeding the Giraffes

Halle had such a good time feeding the giraffes.

Good Times

Here are the pics that I promised.

First is our trip to the Sedgwick County Zoo.

This is our day at the Science Exploration Place.

You can't see the screen, but they are flying a virtual Wright Bros. plane.

Apparently this took great effort. Ok not really, but you'd think so by the look on my face. Actually, I'm pretty surprised that I was able to get the bubble over my head.

And a few pictures from Halle's 4th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese.

Halle's all ready for her fairy tale birthday party. Unfortunately there weren't any other kids with us, but that didn't stop us from having a great time!

You had to grab those metal things and it would "shock" you. It really just vibrated very intensely and you had to hang on to them for 30 seconds to get the maximum amount of tickets.

Hey you try it.Halle was so excited to meet Mr. Cheese.

Yes I made that cake. The frosting was supposed to be purple, but I put too much blue in it and I didn't have any more red. Oh well, I'm still proud.

Those are all the fun things that we tooks pictures of. I need to utilize my camera more. Well, at least I will next week with the birth of Halle's little sister. Or Wade will.

As for her name. We know that her first name is going to be Chloe, but her middle name is still under heated debate. It will either be Marie, which is my mom's middle name, or Brenda, which is the name of Wade's professor that set him on his path to grad school. Neither of us want to budge, so she may end up with both. Doesn't Chloe Marie have a much better flow to it though? And besides, Halle's middle name comes from Wade's side of the family, so I think I deserve to choose Chloe's middle name from my side. It's only fair. I guess we'll find out her full name next week.

Next post: Chloe's birth!