Little Miss Prince

Little Miss Prince has finally arrived!! After taking 5 days and having a mini melt down (me not Ben) we settled on a name:

Evelyn "Evie" Thiele Prince
8 pounds 18.5 inches
Born: June 10th, 2011
10:31am

Evie came right on time via C-section. She was pretty stubborn and would not flip. They tried pulling her out head first, but she wouldn't budge so out butt first she came. The C-section was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. Although the recovery is definitely taking a while. Because of all the pressure I ended up throwing up for the next 4 minutes after she came out. I thought maybe I would cry, or be emotional...throwing up was nothing I had thought of.

Mom and Evelyn in the hospital room. We stayed a total of 4 days.

Her first sponge bath in the hospital. She did not like it at all.

Feeling much better. She is so cute!


Evie lost some weight in the hospital, but after a strict 2 hour feeding schedule she gained it all back and then some by day 5. She is so little, but at the same time I can't believe she was in me just a week ago.

We had lots of visitors in the hospital. Ben's dad had a meeting for work in Minnesota and was able to take the 1 hour flight over to Michigan. He got to see Evie just hours after she was born and was able to stay for 3 days. We were so happy he was able to make it!

Grandpa Prince

Grandma Skidmore

Uncle Jordan

Grandpa Skidmore

Uncle Jonny

And Reba! My best friend from high school got back just in time, after spending a year in Vietnam teaching. I was so glad she was able to come see me and the baby!

Finally home. Reality hit when I put Evie in her going home outfit. Which is when I had my breakdown. No more nurses, no more room service, no more help at the push of a button.
But after being home for a day it was so much better.


Our first diaper explosion. Ben was changing Evie's diaper when all the sudden I heard him yell. I came in the nursery and saw 2 darts of poo explode onto the wall. It was so funny, but also extremely painful because of my scar.


First bath time. I can only pick up things that weigh as much as Evie, and I can't bend over/ sit/stand very well. Ben has been AMAZING with helping. He is an awesome dad. Below is Evie's first bath at home.

We call her Eve when she is naked. Modest Evie.

Jackie has to be at Ben's side helping.


We finally went for a walk 8 days after surgery. What usually takes me 10 minutes took us 40 minutes. It was so nice to get outside, even though it was warm and Evelyn loved the stroller.


CUTEST BABY EVER!!!


She has the biggest eyes and was already lifting her head on day one.


Evelyn has been wonderful. We are so blessed to have such a beautiful baby. Ben and I decided that we make pretty good babies.

A Pretty Dang Cute Nursery

We have less than a week and this baby is coming out via C-section on June 10th. She has been growing a lot (95th percentile) and is stubborn and won't flip. So because she is breech I'm going under the knife... and a needle. I'm more freaked out about the needle. Anyways, I've been working on this nursery for a while and decided to take pictures before it gets used and is never the same again. We got a new camera for our anniversary and I went a little picture crazy. I'm kind of proud of myself.

Since we live in a historical building we can't really change much. Luckily the carpet, walls and trim work. This is a full shot of the room when you walk through the door. The door behind the chair is a full bathroom. This room has 4 doors in it....it's a little crazy.


A mobile that I got on sale from BlaBlaKids. They're kind of expensive, but I really wanted it.

Friends waiting for her arrival.

A print we bought from an artist on Etsy.

Canvas bucket container....right now it's holding blankets. But will probably hold toys in the future.

Dresser/changing table. We bought the cubby-bookshelf at Ikea, flipped it on it's side, put legs on it, and put on knobs from Anthropologie.

A different view.

Containers to hold bum cream and bows.

The cool rocking chair we got at an estate sale. It smelled like a dusty old grandma's house for a week.

A cute frog bank. I bought it a long time ago before we found out we were pregnant. I thought it was cute because it's a"frog prince".


Pictures of the crib.

We have a twin bed in the room. I have a bedspread cover that my great grandmother made (there might be another great in there) it has colors that match and I figure it was time to put it out. Even thought it's vintage.

And here is cute Jackie who hung out with me as I hopped around the room taking pictures.