Since We’ve Been Home

Am I the only one who reads that title to the tune of  ”Since You’ve Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson? Yeah. So this is Isla’s first week in pictures.  I realized I want to get more pictures of Gabe and Isla together. It’s harder since he’s basically gone to school for all the daylight hours!

Gabe picked her first-day-at-home-outfit.  It’s an adorable little three-piece duck outfit, so soft and cozy!  I knit both the above and below hat.

This hat seems to be everyone’s favorite – mine included!

We had a doctor’s appointment on our first day at home.  Isla’s bilirubin levels were borderline and they wanted her to get checked sooner rather than later. It was 8 when we left the hospital and she had dropped from 7 pounds 2 ounces to 6 pounds 12 ounces.  At our first doctor’s appointment her levels had risen to 10.8 and her weight had dropped from 6.12 to 6.8.  This earned us a return trip to the doctor for Wednesday…

Look at her poor little foot! I hate they way they have to draw blood from babies – pricking their heels and squeezing the blood out until they fill the tube!  She seems to be a pretty good sport about it, though, even though she earned battle scars on both feet.

What she didn’t like much? Getting stripped naked. Actually, she didn’t really like anything that day; she screamed through her entire appointment!  They didn’t check her blood levels, but she had dropped another ounce to 6.7.

I really love this baby! She gives the best snuggles!

Since the sun had come out on Wednesday we spent some time in the sunshine in front of a window.  She didn’t seem to mind that it was a little bit bright.

Then it was back to the doctor again on Thursday. Both Tahd and I thought she looked much yellower that day, but her bilirubin levels had fallen and she had gained a whopping ounce and a half! We graduated from daily doctor visits and don’t have to go back until the end of the month!

Love this face! She wasn’t actually sad, but her mournful expression makes me want to squeeze her!

I really wasn’t strangling her here.  She goes from seemingly wide awake – in fact, sometimes fully screaming – to completely out, limp and flopped over like this, in seconds.  Gabe was never like this! We had to work for every second of sleep he got!

We also went on Isla’s first field trip to the library on Thursday – not so much because we wanted a field trip but because… <ahem> somebody had fines to pay. <cough>heidi<cough>

It was a cold, cold evening, but sometimes those make for the prettiest skies.  Especially by the lake.

Gabe also had soccer on Thursday evening. His team didn’t win but he got to play goalie and thought it was fun!

Due to a case of  ”mommy-is-desperately-in-pain” Tahd gave Isla her first bottle on Friday. She did remarkably well – both in taking the bottle and switching back to nursing at her next feeding!

We also had family photos on Friday, but I have to decide which ones I want so the photographer can work them up.  I have to pick 50 out of 477!  Phew!

And these two… I love the way he asks to snuggle with her. I love that he wants her nearby when he’s watching tv or playing wii.  I love the way he peeks into her car seat when we pick him up from school. I love that he has a little sister and she has a big brother.