I had high ambitions of doing a post for each day of Leah's first couple of weeks...but I'm so far behind that I figured I'd post a few of my favorites from her first few days with us. I hope you don't mind :) I have hundreds of other pictures (literally) that I will probably be uploading to walmart.com, so look for more pictures that way :)
Saturday morning, just after midnight, we got the news that Leah's biliruben number was too high, so she had to be on this light to help bring it down. Fortunately they brought this right into the room, and wrapped her in this little 'outfit' with her back completely exposed to the light. It was a pretty nifty little contraption...and wonderful that she didn't have to leave my side. She kept spitting up and gagging all night, so I didn't get much sleep (Unrelated to the jauntice) By the end of the second night I don't think I had slept much more than 5 or 6 hours total, but I was feeling pretty good...baby adrenaline...
Saturday Eli got to hold Leah for the first time. (By the afternoon on Saturday her numbers had come down enough to where she didn't need to be on the light anymore) He was SO cute with her! He loves his little sister! (Though he keeps calling her 'cousin'...we're workin' on that...)
Sunday morning Edgar and I were ready to GO. We had everything packed up to head out of the hospital shortly after 8 am. Unfortunately, my doctor didn't show up until noon, so we sat around in our room for quite a while. I watched 'Sleepless in Seattle' and played around with pictures on the computer, and Edgar worked on his computer for a while...we were pretty anxious to leave, but had to stay put. Once we got the okay to go, though, we were outta there! SO excited to be going home!
The next day Ryan & Jennifer came over with the kids. Carly was anxious to hold Leah.
Ben & Eli played the whole time they were there. Eli LOVES his cousin Ben...and I have a sneaky feeling Ben likes playing with Eli too :)
Ben managed to disobey his mom while at swim practice, so his punishment was that he had to hold Leah :) That is the only way to get him to hold a baby :) He NEVER held Eli...never wanted to. He's pretty funny with Leah...he held her here, but hasn't held her since. He does periodically come by her and 'pet' her, but that's it. It's pretty cute. I was thrilled, though, to get a picture of him holding his cousin :)
Daddy and his girl :)
The next morning we decided Leah needed a bath. I get so nervous to give such little babies a bath, so I convinced my mom to give her a bath while I took pictures. Mom's a pro.
All clean!
Ummmm...she was happy up until this point. Apparently she got cold... (I DID give her a bath today all by myself...okay...Edgar helped :) It's kinda scary when they're that little, but she did fine. She's all nice and clean!)
'Ahhhhhh...nice warm towel'
That afternoon we went to Target...and HAD to buy these for Leah. Yeah... pretty sure she's posing.
Man, she's pretty!
The next day (Wednesday) we went to the park. Eli played with some other kid's toys-they were nice enough to share, since I had forgotten to bring his toys.
It was a fairly breezy day, so Leah was covered up.
This is her 'under the cover'
She did get out to get a glimpse of the park...with her sunglasses on, of course!
Eli had lots of fun playing with Grandma!
This is pretty much one of my favorite expressions she has...
Checkin' his sister out.
Thursday I discovered how fun accessories can be :) I love the little bow in her hair! And those are some shoes I made for her. They were super cute...but they wouldn't stay on. Jennifer & Carly bought the outfit for her...SO CUTE!
Friday Eli started regressing...
Saturday we had dinner over at Ryan & Jennifer's house and watched the Rays game. Dad held Leah for a bit-I tried not to bombard him with pictures every time he held her...and I'm kinda mad that I did that, because now I have hardly any pictures of him holding her :( But he DID hold her :)
We all had our Rays shirts on! (Apparently I need to get a matching shirt...)
Brother and sister cheering the Rays on. They must be good luck, because the Rays won!
Saturday morning, just after midnight, we got the news that Leah's biliruben number was too high, so she had to be on this light to help bring it down. Fortunately they brought this right into the room, and wrapped her in this little 'outfit' with her back completely exposed to the light. It was a pretty nifty little contraption...and wonderful that she didn't have to leave my side. She kept spitting up and gagging all night, so I didn't get much sleep (Unrelated to the jauntice) By the end of the second night I don't think I had slept much more than 5 or 6 hours total, but I was feeling pretty good...baby adrenaline...
Saturday Eli got to hold Leah for the first time. (By the afternoon on Saturday her numbers had come down enough to where she didn't need to be on the light anymore) He was SO cute with her! He loves his little sister! (Though he keeps calling her 'cousin'...we're workin' on that...)
Sunday morning Edgar and I were ready to GO. We had everything packed up to head out of the hospital shortly after 8 am. Unfortunately, my doctor didn't show up until noon, so we sat around in our room for quite a while. I watched 'Sleepless in Seattle' and played around with pictures on the computer, and Edgar worked on his computer for a while...we were pretty anxious to leave, but had to stay put. Once we got the okay to go, though, we were outta there! SO excited to be going home!
The next day Ryan & Jennifer came over with the kids. Carly was anxious to hold Leah.
Ben & Eli played the whole time they were there. Eli LOVES his cousin Ben...and I have a sneaky feeling Ben likes playing with Eli too :)
Ben managed to disobey his mom while at swim practice, so his punishment was that he had to hold Leah :) That is the only way to get him to hold a baby :) He NEVER held Eli...never wanted to. He's pretty funny with Leah...he held her here, but hasn't held her since. He does periodically come by her and 'pet' her, but that's it. It's pretty cute. I was thrilled, though, to get a picture of him holding his cousin :)
Daddy and his girl :)
The next morning we decided Leah needed a bath. I get so nervous to give such little babies a bath, so I convinced my mom to give her a bath while I took pictures. Mom's a pro.
All clean!
Ummmm...she was happy up until this point. Apparently she got cold... (I DID give her a bath today all by myself...okay...Edgar helped :) It's kinda scary when they're that little, but she did fine. She's all nice and clean!)
'Ahhhhhh...nice warm towel'
That afternoon we went to Target...and HAD to buy these for Leah. Yeah... pretty sure she's posing.
Man, she's pretty!
The next day (Wednesday) we went to the park. Eli played with some other kid's toys-they were nice enough to share, since I had forgotten to bring his toys.
It was a fairly breezy day, so Leah was covered up.
This is her 'under the cover'
She did get out to get a glimpse of the park...with her sunglasses on, of course!
Eli had lots of fun playing with Grandma!
This is pretty much one of my favorite expressions she has...
Checkin' his sister out.
Thursday I discovered how fun accessories can be :) I love the little bow in her hair! And those are some shoes I made for her. They were super cute...but they wouldn't stay on. Jennifer & Carly bought the outfit for her...SO CUTE!
Friday Eli started regressing...
Saturday we had dinner over at Ryan & Jennifer's house and watched the Rays game. Dad held Leah for a bit-I tried not to bombard him with pictures every time he held her...and I'm kinda mad that I did that, because now I have hardly any pictures of him holding her :( But he DID hold her :)
We all had our Rays shirts on! (Apparently I need to get a matching shirt...)
Brother and sister cheering the Rays on. They must be good luck, because the Rays won!And that gets us through Saturday :) Sunday was a pretty big day for us...it deserves a post of its own...it will come soon (hopefully!)
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Some day Ben having to hold Leah as punishment will be family legend. Totally cracked me up!
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