It happened! We had another beautiful baby girl. Her name is Raven Star Porter. She was born May 29th and 3:54am (on her due date!) She weighed in at 6lbs 11oz and 19 1/4" long. To answer the burning question, no she does not have PKU. We found out when she was 6 days old that her levels came back normal. I think that I was shocked, I was expecting her to have PKU. But what a relief it is. Raven has nursed like a champ since she came out and I really did not want to have to take that away, if even temporarily. I am so grateful and feel so blessed. Having a non-PKU little baby and being able to do things "normal" has been like I am a first time Mom. It is not something to be taken for granted. I am relishing in every cry. every late night feeding in every poopy diaper.
Breeze is adorable with her and calls her 'Baby Sister awww' The aww part came in because if she would kiss Raven or hug her people around her would go awwww, and it stuck. Its pretty cute and I hope it stays around for a while. She is adjusting to sharing Mom as well. I just make sure to get lots of cuddle time with Breeze when baby sister is sleeping.
With Raven not having PKU its hard not to think about the issues that may arise with having one sibling with and one without. But that's for another blog in another year far from now. So at the moment I'm just going to enjoy the many blessing that have come my way.
