Starting our life together!

I'm having trouble moving around pictures in the blog so this first one is a little out of order cause I just took it but I couldn't resist posting this outfit. It's just so fun to have a little girl to dress up - I promise I won't post her outfit every day! :-)

Going back to Friday in the hospital....

Kylie slept pretty well that morning (after I posted at 5am) but there were nurses in and out of the room checking me, drawing blood, etc. I was very happy that morning to have the IV and catheter taken out - although I have to admit, it was kinda nice to not have to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night! I can't remember the last time that happened. :-) I felt really good and the doctors and nurses seemed shocked at how quickly I was recovering. I was showered and feeling human again by about 11:00 or so.

We had a nice day just relaxing at the hospital - the grandparents traded off waching Noah and visiting us in the hospital again and that evening, Waylon and his parents took Noah out to dinner while my parents stayed to keep me and Kylie company. When they got back to the hospital to do the swap, I was in the room alone with Kylie and made the mistake of watching out the window. I could see the parking lot and see them all talking to Noah and giving him hugs and it made me miss him even more. I thought about going down to visit but we thought it just might make things worse since Noah had been asking for me quite a bit.

Saturday morning, we put an NC State hat on Kylie

- Noah wore this hat home from the hospital!

My sister flew in late Friday night to meet Kylie, so my dad brought her to the hospital early Saturday to visit

We got the clear from all the docs to go home a day early, so we started packing up and working on discharge papers late Saturday morning. Waylon's parents and Uncle Royal came to visit and see us off.

Waylon's cousin Meghan and her husband Cameron are expecting a baby girl in mid December, so Royal was getting some good practice being a grandfather...

First time in clothes - Kylie's coming home outfit!

Ready to go!

First time in the carseat - in the minivan ready to go home!

Kylie's present to Noah - he was still on a high from meeting her and was just so excited about everything. He unwrapped the box and, genuinely excited said, 'It's a box!' Then he was even more excited when he saw his train.

Another family photo. Noah wanted to put his arm around Kylie.

A cute close up

More big brother gifts - this time from Aunt Ditter

Ready for the first night at home.

The first night wasn't too bad - all things considered. We put Kylie down in the pack and play in our bedroom around 10:30 and she slept until the next feeding time around midnight. We had trouble getting her back to bed and she was requiring multiple diaper changes so we were up and down (mostly up) from midnight until about 4:00. She did go down after that though and slept until almost 8:00. My parents got up with Noah, so we were able to sleep in with her.

Sunday, we just relaxed and played around the house with my parents and my sister. Our friends, Dave and Megan, came to visit and meet Kylie for a bit, too.

My mom took my dad and sister to the airport in the afternoon - they flew home and my mom is going to take care of some things around NC this week and come back on Sunday to stay for a bit again when Waylon goes back to work.

Around 4:00, Waylon's parents came over and brought dinner for Sunday night and Andrea, Sean and Savannah came, too and brought another dinner that we had tonight! Wow! Savannah got to meet Kylie for the first time but had more fun playing with Noah. It's going to be a mad house when all three are running around.

While they were here, we let Noah hold Kylie for the first time. We weren't sure how he'd do - especially because there were so many people around and he was kinda riled up - but he did great!! He sat very still and just watched her and smiled for the many cameras clicking in front of him. :-) At one point, I asked him if he wanted to get down and play now, and he said, 'No, I'm still holding her!' So sweet....

Then he just laid his head down next to her.... melts my heart!

Savannah got a little jealous when Nana was holding Kylie.

This picture cracks me up because Noah looks so well behaved.

We couldn't have asked for more from our night last night... we were worried it was going to be rough at first because we had a hard time settling her down but she finally went to sleep for good around midnight. My alarm went off for the 4 hours since the last feeding, so we finally woke her up around 4:30! After that feeding, she went right back to sleep again and slept until almost 8:00 (we had to get her out of bed before that since we were getting Noah ready for school but she stayed asleep!).

This morning, Waylon took Noah to school and when he got home, my mom left to head to Winston Salem to visit her cousin.

Here's the outfit Noah wore to school today!

You may be able to tell from the picture, Noah is fighting a cold. We are hoping it doesn't escalate into anything else, but we shall see!

Today was very relaxing! It felt really funny to be home without Noah but we took advantage of the down time as much as we could. Since we had such a good night last night, we didn't nap but lots of laying on the couch!

It's funny how different we feel this time around. Things are so much more laid back - which I'm sure is partly the better birth circumstances and recovery but mostly the 'been there, done that' attitude. We just aren't as stressed about every little thing this time. Even though I know that's normal and it probably won't affect the kids, it kinda makes me feel guilty about both kids - like we overdid it with Noah and/or that we aren't giving Kylie as much attention as we did with him.

In any case, our kids are the most amazing things in the whole world and it feels like they both have always been here. Like we all just belong together - and we do!