We're Home!

We got home yesterday (Tuesday) and we're getting used to our new family of 4. I'll post pictures when I can but it may be awhile!!! Thanks for all your phone calls, texts, and well wishes. I'll try my best to stay in touch these next couple of weeks but I know these girls will keep me on my toes!

Our Hospital Flowers Are Wilting...

A sign we've been here way too long. Good news, bad news AGAIN. Her numbers (what numbers you ask? I'm not even sure what they're called. Billirubin numbers? Anywho) are down again to a 10 something which is GREAT but they still want to monitor her here in the hospital. They've got her down to 1 light and her IV is out completely which makes feeding her MUCH easier so that's good. They're bringing her down to our room at 4 for good and we'll have her on our own until they check her again tomorrow morning. The pediatrician will tell us then that (hopefully) her numbers are stable and we can GO HOME! So things are looking good- just ONE MORE DAY!

When we first had to take Easton to the NICU on Friday I was asking a nurse when she thought we'd be able to take her home. (I was hoping the very next day.) She said, "I wouldn't count on anything until Tuesday." I thought she was crazy at the time but she was right! But fortunately that's tomorrow and Easton will be just fine. It'll be fun having her in our room tonight- I'm a little nervous!!!

I know my posts will come to a screeching halt for these next couple of weeks but I'll update when I can!

I'm running out of pictures to post but here are some I don't think I've done.

Good News

Easton's levels are coming down- a very good thing. We have to stay again tonight (Sunday) but the pediatrician will see her in the morning and he'll tell us when we'll be able to go home. She's off of her IV and we're able to nurse her in our room instead of the NICU, which is wonderful. They've also reduced her lights from 5 to 2 so she's not getting quite so dehydrated.



I know Easton will be just fine and that we'll be home soon- I'm just missing Emerson more and more. I had prepared myself for only 2 days and nights away from her and I had never been away from her for more than that. That amount of time has more than doubled now and it's tough only seeing her for a couple of hours or so a day here at the hospital. I just want to be home with Ryan and my girls!!!! Soon enough...

Easton's home since Friday.

My BF Fran came to visit last night and you can see her influence has begun... We joked that Easton looks more like her daughter than mine with all that dark hair! Our 4 girls are going to have so much fun together...

We put one of Emerson's socks over her IV- they're already sharing!

Emerson and Ryan's parents came up today for a visit.

We let her push "Baby East-End" back to the NICU.


We'll know more for sure tomorrow and I'll post the info then!

More Pictures of Easton and an Update

Well, we've got some more time to post pictures because we're still in the hospital. Emerson had jaundice so we had that on our radars but Easton has a pretty nasty bout of it. We are just thankful they caught it before we were released- with Emerson they didn't until we were home and had to do the in-home light therapy which was a pain. So Easton is in the NICU under the billi-lights 24-7 and we go to nurse her every 3 hours. Hence the abundance of time on our hands! She's had an IV of fluids since last night and her numbers have stabilized since then so I think things are on the upswing. We have to stay for sure tonight but I'm hoping we're home by tomorrow evening. Fingers crossed. Like the NICU nurse said, your baby is the least sick of these other kiddos so Ryan and I are just trying to put everything in perspective. I know she'll be just fine and I'm glad they caught it when they did. I'm even more anxious to get her home and just lay with her on the floor!

Ryan's parents are here from Iowa to relieve my mom who has had Emerson (and done an EXCELLENT job by the way) since I called her early Wednesday morning and Ryan and I are just waiting until tomorrow morning (Sunday) to see how Easton's levels are. We'll go from there.

By the way- all these great pictures are Ryan's doing, not mine. He's done a great job taking pictures but I can't take credit!

I'll have Easton's birthday story up probably tomorrow while we wait around for results. I need to get it written down before I forget! I never did get to writing down Emerson's...

So keep us in your thoughts but Easton will be just fine and hopefully we'll be home with her very soon.

I'm glad we took a ton of pics right away because we haven't gotten to take any in a couple of days because she's in her isolette. :(

"I hold her?"

"Cheese!"

We are just LOVING all her long black hair! So cute...

It's a Girl!

Easton Claire Wood was born yesterday, February 17th at 12:17 pm and weighed 9 pounds even and was 20 3/4 in. long. My labor really was fast and painless just like I had hoped- quite the contrast to Emerson's delivery. Easton is perfect and we are just LOVING on her and getting to know her. I'll write more later but for now enjoy the pics!

The Longest Pregnancy Ever

We went to the doctor again yesterday and I'm still dilated to a 3 and 75% effaced. No news there. He did say he could induce me next Tuesday (the 16th, the day after my due date) but he and I have talked about how I don't really want to be induced. I'd like to just let nature take its course even if I go over a week or so. Call me crazy, I just don't want to mess with Mother Nature and if the baby is still healthy, I'd rather wait. He said he likes women to "labor on their own" as well so we're in agreeance there. It's much easier to make that decision during the day than when I'm trying to sleep with a 9 pound infant sitting on my lungs making it impossible to breathe at night. :)
So we made another appointment for next Wednesday, 2 days after my due date and we'll go from there. Maybe I'll go before then, who knows.

Now on to Miss Emerson...

This shot is really more for her outfit than anything else. I've gotten more mileage out of those furry boots and her skinny jeans- it's sort of ridiculous how cute it is...

She is her father's daughter for sure...

This is how I found her yesterday- she goes comatose when watching Dora...

She'll say, "fly daddy!" This is what she means.

A good hair day. I'm not jealous...


Well hopefully my next post will be all about our new addition and how easy and painless my labor was and how the baby is already sleeping through the night... A girl can dream, right???