The Santan Life

Friday, May 1, 2009

Elise is here!!!

We are so excited to announce that our beautiful daughter, Elise Anastasia Santan, has arrived! She is absolutely beautiful with black hair and dark eyes!

We were a little surprised to see her head covered in thick black hair, but she is just gorgeous!!

She arrived on April 28, 2009 at 1:23pm. She weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 20 1/4 inches long.

Logan came to the hospital to meet his new baby sister on Tuesday night right after school on the day she was born! He was so excited to see her and will be such a great big brother!!!

To see the photos that were taken of her at the hospital go to the following link:

http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/hospitals/5774/frame_test.asp?URLID=3551760516

Derek and I appreciate all the thoughts and prayers from our family and friends this week during the labor! Elise is such a blessing to us and a wonderful addition to our family! :)

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

I have now officially started my maternity leave from work. Yay!! It's so surreal to think that our little baby girl will be here very very soon...it could be tomorrow, you never know! These 9 months have gone by so quickly! We still have about a week left until my due date on April 29th though, and I am very fortunate to be able to have this extra time before the baby arrives.

My work allows maternity leave to begin two weeks before your due date, so I decided to begin my leave about a week and a half early. This time off before the baby arrives has been much needed - working full time was getting to be very difficult these last few weeks. My schedule was pretty busy and exhausting, and my ankles have been swelling three times their size from being on my feet.

We pretty much have everything ready for the baby's arrival for now. The car seat is installed in the car, all the blankets and clothes have been washed, and we have plenty of diapers for at least the first week or two...we hope! :) She will start out sleeping in a bassinet in our room until we move into a bigger house. We are planning to move in May, and then I will be able to set up and decorate the nursery!!!

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