1st Week at Home

It's been a week since Gracie came home from the hospital! It really did go by fast but kept us busy too. Gracie is such a good baby. She just eats and sleeps. Credit has to be given to the NICU for that. She doesn't cry unless she is dirty or hungry. Callie has been my big helper and can do a lot which makes it nice. Kadee has been much better than expected. I was expecting her to try and pick her up or be mean to her but she just loves on her and wants to help just as much as Callie. It is so funny that they go into Gracie's room and just look in the crib at her while she is sleeping.

Also, this week, I took Gracie to the pedi and the eye doctor. The pedi said she looked great and to keep her isolated as much as possible. Gracie was 4 pounds 13 ounces!!! The eye doctor said that her retinas were still under developed but that she was not in any danger. He would not even let me go into the room with him because he said that I would hate him for what he had to do to Gracie.

As for Kadee, she has an ear infection, sinus infection, and horrible cough, so I have been trying to keep her away from Gracie as much as possible. She has been really good through it all and not complaining much. Callie and I also inherited the cough but I think and hope that we are at the end of this all. I just pray and hope that Gracie doesn't get it.

Todd has also been busy this week. He is in the process of building a pantry in the kitchen since we need the closet for Gracie in her room. He is so talented and good at so many things, I could not imagine life without him.

So as you might can tell, I haven't had a whole lot of time to take pictures, plus with my house as messy and disgusting it is you don't want to see that. (it probably is not as gross as a I say but it is driving me up the wall) Hopefully I will get some pictures takken this week and posted but first and very important to me, I am going to clean my house!

A Warm Homecoming!!

Gracie's coming home outfit

All bundled up and ready to go

Our first family picture with all 5 of us

A big sister's love

Callie with Gracie

Kadee and Gracie
NeNe, Callie, and Gracie

Macy and Gracie

Kourtney and Gracie

We're finally home!

Today Gracie came home!!! Yea. Last night Todd and I stayed at the hospital in a room by the NICU unit. It was mainly to let us have a nurse there if we had any concerns or questions. Even though we did not sleep very much, it was nice to have that peace of mind with the monitor and Gracie. This morning we had Gracie "fit" to her car seat and we are on limited trips. She said that Gracie is a little short for the car seat, but we could tuck her into it instead of having to go to a car bed.

Enough about the hospital, we are HOME!!!! Gracie is doing great and had lots of visitors today. She finally cot to meet her sisters. Callie was so excited. She wanted to hold her all day. Kadee was really good with her to. She just kept trying to touch and grab her nose and eyes. Gracie also got to meet her cousins, Kourtney and Macy. I think they were pretty excited. NeNa and TeTa came over and some friends too, so she was worn out. I gave her a bath at 5:00 and she is still sleeping as I am typing on her daddy's chest.

I will post more pictures hopefully tomorrow of our first day home and there will be plenty more to come in the next couple of days. Thanks again for all the prayers. We could not have done it without those. It is so amazing how God works and makes you stronger through it all.

We're Coming Home!!!!!

Today when I went to the hospital, I found out that we are possibly coming home on Sunday!! That's right, two days from now. So the race to get the baby stuff out of storage is on. Gracie has been eating all her bottles and having no problems. There is a car seat class that we have to do and get Gracie fitted into her car seat to make sure she is not too small and that was supposed to be today, but the person who does it was out with a sick kid so that may be our only hold up on coming home.

Gracie will come home on a monitor and medicine but that gives me peace of mind. So if all goes well and we will all hope and pray, Todd and I will stay at the hospital tomorrow night and bring Gracie home on Sunday!!!!! As I know more, I will post and hopefully the next picture of Gracie will be at home!

Gracie's big bow

Here is Gracie's first big bow. I found this and just thought that I would try it. I thought it was pretty cute! The nurses kept joking that it was bigger than her head, but she will grow in to it. Gracie is almost 6 weeks old, over 4 pounds, and drinking from a bottle 3-4 times a day and doing really well with it. Dr. Sutter told me the other day that she thinks that Gracie would be home in about 2-3 weeks which is really exciting! So let's keep praying and hoping.

Trying to get her thumb

This is a picture of Gracie and her favorite night time nurse Molly. Even though I don't go at night all the time, I think that Todd and I have made her our favorite too. She is so good with Gracie. I know that someday, Gracie will want to know who was with her while we were sleeping and now she can see!

Even though Gracie is still in the hospital, I can not thank everyone enough for the prayers, meals, phone calls, visits, and cards that you have been doing. Todd and I really appreciate it and are really lucky to have so many people that care. I have to say a very special thank you to our parents especially for helping us with the girls. If it weren't for them, Todd and I would not be able to go at all to the hospital together to see Gracie. It doesn't matter what time it is or how late it might be, our parents have not said no.

Callie Cam Edition #2!

Last weekend while Todd was at home painting, we met Todd's parents and grandparents up at the hospital. Callie decided that she needed to take some pictures so here is what she ended up with. She is getting pretty good at it and loves to play with the camera.

TeTa

Papa

Mema, Kadee, and NeNe

Gracie's latest visitors

My aunt Amy

TeTa and Gracie

Mema and Gracie