we're home

we got henry back from the nicu on saturday afternoon

his blood sugar levels seem to be fine

 we've been topping him off with formula after nursing to make sure he's getting enough

 today, sunday, my doctor suggested we could go home

we decided our own bed sounded pretty nice

 the kids were so excited to see us

and took lots of turns holding henry

 just kicking back and relaxing

 eleanor loves henry

but isn't quite sure how to be super soft yet

 we thought henry might look more like eleanor 

but she's just her own girl, i suppose

we got to have a nice visit with my sister again today

and my brother and his wife came over this evening, too

we are so blessed and happy to be home

henry is here!

we showed up at the hospital bright and early yesterday morning

for a scheduled c-section

 they took a surprisingly long time admitting us and getting me all prepped

 we told the nurse of my ONE request to have skin to skin contact right away

and she thought i was crazy

but the anesthesiologist was on board so she came around

 look at that belly!

 michael watched the c-section for the first time

and got a few pictures

they were right, there was a ton a fluid 

 here he is! i've never had such a cheesy baby

they're not normally born this early

 i think his feet are pretty small compared to his siblings

 he looks familiar in such a funny way

i can see a little bit of each of our kids in him

 they rounded up and said he weighs 8.12 and 19.5 inches long

not bad for 39 weeks on the dot

 we got to do skin to skin

and it was wonderful (other than being pretty drugged up myself)

i've never got skin to skin right away with any of my other babies

it was so nice and i'm so grateful they let me do it despite it being a c-section

 here we are with our boy!

 henry is such a doll!

 nursing right away in the recovery room

 an hour or two later the most excited kids stopped by to see him

 they've been waiting a long time for this

 eleanor seems to be a fan of the baby

but she probably doesn't understand that he's coming home soon...

 olive loves him just as much as she thought she would

 well, they all do :)

 look at us with our FIVE kids

so lucky

 grandma and henry

 grandpa showing the kids henry

 henry is so sweet

 my sweet sister andre`a surprised us with a visit 

she is so fun and spontaneous

sadly, henry had to go to the NICU last night and is still there this morning

we aren't loving that he's not with us but i was sooooo groggy from the meds all day yesterday

so i wasn't super aware of everything going on anyway

my eyes just wanted to shut

but i'm hoping to get henry back down with us ASAP

and i'm feeling much better today, thank goodness

we are so grateful he made it here safely

a little more of our week

since everything's about to get all baby on here

i thought i'd post a few more pictures from our week

ps. i'm having a baby tomorrow!

cute hubby

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jumping

 eleanor joined in

 after i had lots of contractions on monday, grandma and grandpa decided to come a day early

and got here wednesday

i'm so glad they did

 the kids love having them here

and it's given eleanor extra time to warm up

 plus, they are super helpful

i've hardly got off the couch since they've been here

 now i need some pictures of the kids with grandma...

....

sadly the show psych ended this week which was a bummer

but the finale was really good

i'm pretty worried about eleanor handling not being the baby anymore

she's been extra cuddly and a little grumpy 

but she's also cutting her two year molars 

 some extra cuddles before bed