Post 8

Emery has now been at home for a little over a week. He has been doing great and is getting adjusted to his life at home. The first few days were a bit rough with him waking up every hour; but he is getting the hang of sleeping at night...even though he still sleeps most of the day! Oddly enough even though it seems that all he does is sleep I feel that I never have enough time to get things done. I am still getting the hang of doing things with one hand, and dividing my attention between a fussing baby and whatever else I have going on.

Overall it is going great though. He has been experiencing lots of fun first; such as going to church, going on his first walk and his first time being babysat by Grandma. Taking care of him can be a lot of work but I love being his mom! Everyone keeps telling me to enjoy these times because they go so fast, and I agree. It seems like he was just born, but really it has been almost a month. It's crazy how that works.

post 7

This past week has continued to be very excited for our little family. Baby Emery continues to do extremely well and is so close to being done with his antibiotics. Today is our last day here at the hospital, and he will be coming home sometime tomorrow! It is very exciting because after tomorrow he will experience many firsts. His first time outside the hospital, first time meeting his younger aunts and uncles, and so much more!

As great as the nurses and staff have been here at Methodist, I am so excited to be getting out of the hospital and into our home. I think that once we finally have the ability to take him with us it will become real that he is actually our baby and we are a family. Right now it still seems a little surreal, and the coming home will be a great experience for all of us.

Post 6

This past week and a half has been crazy for me. I had an induction set for Monday the 29th of March, but Emery decided that he wanted to choose his birthday and was born at 10:50 on Friday, March 26th. He was 7lb 30z and 21in. He is a beautiful baby with a full head of hair and lots of daddy's features; long fingers, big feet and beautiful eyes!

Emery did have an infection upon birth and was immediately taken to the newborn intensive care unit. He has been there since birth but God has definitely been taking care of him. Aside from issues with establishing a stable iv for his antibiotics he has not had any complications or major issues. He has been doing really well and is expected to come home this next Friday!