Levi is one week old today...
cuddles with big sister...
cuddles with big sister...
listening to Ruthie talk...
cuddles with Daddy...
cuddles with Zech...
wide eyed...
6.24.2010
Levi day7 - 06/20
Happy Father's Day
Dad, Papa, and Grandpa
Levi
"bathtime"
love these little feet...
Levi
"bathtime"
love these little feet...
this might be my favorite...
look at those toes...
yes, he has a pink sucker -
obviously bought before he was born!
he doesn't like it any better than the others, either...
obviously bought before he was born!
he doesn't like it any better than the others, either...
big yawns...
mommy playing around to get "nice" pictures...
some good ones...
some good ones...
see the little smile?
so curled up...
little pout...
Levi day6 - 06/19
Levi
waking up in his bassinet...
and somehow (between getting ready for town, swimming lessons, and grocery shopping!) this is sadly the only picture of Levi on the 19th.Boo on me for that one.
Levi day5-06/18
Levi
getting ready to go to town,
not liking the car seat at all...
getting ready to go to town,
not liking the car seat at all...
he stops crying when the camera starts clicking!
back from town,
naptime...
he nearly always sleeps withhis hands tucked under his chin...
Isaac plays with toys before bed...
Levi cuddles with big sister Ruthie...
6.23.2010
06/23
Things are going pretty good here.
Levi is 9 days old today. Over a week old. Wow.
Adjusting is going fairly well. The kids are getting more and more used to him being around and in the house every day.
Yesterday I took Levi to Isaac's nursery school for him to show all his friends - a big hit! The kids loved seeing him and Isaac was so proud to show his baby brother.
And also yesterday the older kids went to Kenosee (water slide park in Saskatchewan) for a K-4 field trip. They had a really great time - Ruthie announced first thing through the door "We need to go there on summer vacation!!!" - but were obviously very tired and sunned out!
Today Isaac had his nursery school graduation - he didn't graduate himself, he has one more year of nursery school before starting K, but the "coming back" students still get to take part. He was very happy about it, although it does mean the last day of nursery school... I'm unsure how that will be next week when he really realizes he's not going back until after the summer.
And tomorrow I'm taking Levi to the big kids' school for their show-and-tell. Both kids want to show their new baby brother off to their friends.
I have been trying to take pictures every day. Josh is going to try to get some more finished up, tonight or tomorrow night, and I'll post a whole bunch more new ones - I cannot believe how much Levi has changed in just the short week he's been here with us. He looks, to me anyways, like a different baby than the wee little newborn he first was. Just amazing.
Levi is 9 days old today. Over a week old. Wow.
Adjusting is going fairly well. The kids are getting more and more used to him being around and in the house every day.
Yesterday I took Levi to Isaac's nursery school for him to show all his friends - a big hit! The kids loved seeing him and Isaac was so proud to show his baby brother.
And also yesterday the older kids went to Kenosee (water slide park in Saskatchewan) for a K-4 field trip. They had a really great time - Ruthie announced first thing through the door "We need to go there on summer vacation!!!" - but were obviously very tired and sunned out!
Today Isaac had his nursery school graduation - he didn't graduate himself, he has one more year of nursery school before starting K, but the "coming back" students still get to take part. He was very happy about it, although it does mean the last day of nursery school... I'm unsure how that will be next week when he really realizes he's not going back until after the summer.
And tomorrow I'm taking Levi to the big kids' school for their show-and-tell. Both kids want to show their new baby brother off to their friends.
I have been trying to take pictures every day. Josh is going to try to get some more finished up, tonight or tomorrow night, and I'll post a whole bunch more new ones - I cannot believe how much Levi has changed in just the short week he's been here with us. He looks, to me anyways, like a different baby than the wee little newborn he first was. Just amazing.
6.18.2010
Levi day4 - 06/17
Levi
snoozing in the swing...
snoozing in the swing...
love his lips...
stretching...
and stretching...
cuddles with big brother Isaac
Levi - day3 - 06/16
Levi
first sponge bath at home,
he seemed okay with it!
Very bright eyed...
first sponge bath at home,
he seemed okay with it!
Very bright eyed...
worked hard to get his thumb in there for a suck...
but that really tuckered him out, so he napped all wrapped up for a while...
cute baby boy...
tiny baby feet...
relaxing after a diaper change...
more cuddles with big brother Zechie...
All the kids love to hold Levi, and they all ask quite often. Isaac doesn't last terribly long with it before being "done with him", and Ruthie does pretty well, too. But Zech will just sit and hold him forever - this time (in the pic above) he held him for over half an hour - a long time for Zech to sit still.
Levi day1 (06/14) & day2 (06/15)
Day 1
Levi in his "house", NICU
Levi in his "house", NICU
the kids come to see us! lots of questions
Day 2
we're home!
Levi rests with Mommy...
Levi rests with Mommy...
i love his hands under his cheek...
6.16.2010
2 days old! - 06/16
Baby Levi is 2 and a half days old now... seems impossible, almost.
He's a sweet little baby, very content. He eats and sleeps a lot, but is really bright and wide-eyed when awake.
The first night (in the hospital) he slept for a 4-5hr stretch! Last night he gave me another 3-4hr stretch. I'm in hopes that it continues - getting just one chunk of sleep like that makes all the difference in getting through the day for me.
We came home yesterday afternoon. In the morning the Dr came by to check Levi - all was fine and well, he was discharged right then.
I had to wait for the OB to come discharge me (during his rounds he would stop by) and we did another CBC (to check platelets and hemoglobin) as well. The OB said that he wanted to see what the results were, where my platelets were, before discharging me - it would possibly be that afternoon, or could be another day there if they were still low.
When we first arrived, in labor, my platelets were 63 - not great, but certainly better than the 54 they were just on Saturday. The on-call OB ordered 2 bags of platelets from Winnipeg, which were transfused during pushing and after Levi was born.
So, we sat around yesterday and waited to see what the news would be. After lunch the lab results came back - platelets up to 86 and hemoglobin up to 114 (116 is normal). Not too bad. My nurse called my OB and he said that was fine for discharge.
So, home we came!
The kids are very happy to have Mommy and Baby Levi home with them. They're very excited about their new baby brother and love to love him. It's a bit overwhelming at times for the baby, I think, but we're all learning to make things fit in this new family.
I took more pictures with Josh's camera today - so don't expect them to be nearly as nice as his, even with his finishing touches! - I hope he'll get a couple done either tonight or tomorrow and get them on here to share!
I'm on the hunt for a different photo site, one that I can get to easier and just use more easily. For now, we'll put pictures on here and get a big batch on the dropshots site when I can, and I still need to get the dance recital videos on there too for you.
Bear with me, I'm feeling well, though very tired, and I want to spend all the time I can just cuddling and getting to know little Levi!
If nothing else, I'll ask Josh to just throw on some pictures here to look at.
He's a sweet little baby, very content. He eats and sleeps a lot, but is really bright and wide-eyed when awake.
The first night (in the hospital) he slept for a 4-5hr stretch! Last night he gave me another 3-4hr stretch. I'm in hopes that it continues - getting just one chunk of sleep like that makes all the difference in getting through the day for me.
We came home yesterday afternoon. In the morning the Dr came by to check Levi - all was fine and well, he was discharged right then.
I had to wait for the OB to come discharge me (during his rounds he would stop by) and we did another CBC (to check platelets and hemoglobin) as well. The OB said that he wanted to see what the results were, where my platelets were, before discharging me - it would possibly be that afternoon, or could be another day there if they were still low.
When we first arrived, in labor, my platelets were 63 - not great, but certainly better than the 54 they were just on Saturday. The on-call OB ordered 2 bags of platelets from Winnipeg, which were transfused during pushing and after Levi was born.
So, we sat around yesterday and waited to see what the news would be. After lunch the lab results came back - platelets up to 86 and hemoglobin up to 114 (116 is normal). Not too bad. My nurse called my OB and he said that was fine for discharge.
So, home we came!
The kids are very happy to have Mommy and Baby Levi home with them. They're very excited about their new baby brother and love to love him. It's a bit overwhelming at times for the baby, I think, but we're all learning to make things fit in this new family.
I took more pictures with Josh's camera today - so don't expect them to be nearly as nice as his, even with his finishing touches! - I hope he'll get a couple done either tonight or tomorrow and get them on here to share!
I'm on the hunt for a different photo site, one that I can get to easier and just use more easily. For now, we'll put pictures on here and get a big batch on the dropshots site when I can, and I still need to get the dance recital videos on there too for you.
Bear with me, I'm feeling well, though very tired, and I want to spend all the time I can just cuddling and getting to know little Levi!
If nothing else, I'll ask Josh to just throw on some pictures here to look at.
6.15.2010
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