Monday, August 10, 2009

Home

Sorry about the delays in posting. Brian, Ellie and I are settling in at home. It's definitely harder being out of the hospital and away from the nurses! But it's been fun figuring out our new family.

Ellie is a great baby. She only fusses when she's hungry, needs a diaper change or wants some loving. And we can usually figure out what she wants pretty quick and make her happy again.
She went to her first pediatrician's appointment on Friday and got a clean bill of health. They tested her jaundice level and it came back in the lowest category. Unfortunately the blood test took six pokes in her poor, little heels! But she was a trooper.
As much fun as we're having with her, Ellie is a lot of work. We're feeding her every two hours right now in an effort to balance the milk I have coming in and formula supplements. There's not much time in between the feedings... especially in the middle of the night. But Ellie has given us a couple nights where she slept for four hours in a row!
Some have asked me to share the birth story and I will do that as soon as I have another chance to sit down with the computer. Thanks again for the great support we've gotten from so many. Here's a few more pics from Ellie's first week of life. She has some very interesting facial expressions... not all of them make her look like an old man, but those are the ones the camera most often captures :)
Oh, and Brian was very proud of the huge tomatos we've pulled out of our garden. They're bigger than Ellie's head!

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