Week One with Karis!

you just can't even believe how busy libby and i have been. last friday night, we all went to bed like normal. libby in her crate, me in my bed. when all of a sudden meg got up at 1:30 in the morning and said to brett: "brett, i think my water just broke..." well then things got crazy. brett jumped out of bed in some what of a panic and after throwing some things in bags (forgetting the camera...how does that happen?) they ran out the door to duke hospital.

well you can imagine how libby and i felt. karis wasn't supposed to be born until tuesday october 5th and we had planned for that day, not saturday october 2nd! and besides that, who would come take care of US? breakfast was supposed to be in 6 hours and we were pretty sure they weren't going to be back then! thankfully meghan, our favorite dog sitter, came to the rescue and stayed with us for the next few days.

meanwhile, at the hospital, karis ann lybrand was born at 5:36 a.m. by emergency c-section. when we heard the news we were thrilled! when would she get home? when would we get to meet her??? while we waited with baited (or stinky dog) breath, we hosted company with brett's parents and meg's mom as they came in and out of the house helping meg and brett get the things done that they had put off until the last minute.

here are some pictures of all the fun they had in the hospital without us:






...and then when they got home, look what happened:


...we got IGNORED and the baby got all the attention. i mean she's cute and all, but we don't think we deserve to be treated this way. but it seems nothing is going to change any time soon, so we figure we'll make friends with her and enjoy it--everyone else is!

{with meghan}

{with anna aka "cha chi" :)}

{with grammy}

{with ashley & canaan, my soon-to-be best friend}

{with andrew & adrienne}


{with marissa}


{with crystie who took great pics of meg when she was pregnant with karis. check 'em out on her blog by clicking here}


{with susie}