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Entries for August, 2009

Pediatrician appointments

While in recovery, we had a visit from a pediatrician every day. The person varied, but was always someone from our ped office of choice. The first doctor we had put us off a little bit, but it might have been just our sensitivity. When we informed her that we’d just had [...]

First few days home

Things have begun fairly smoothly.  Our car ride home was pretty peaceful and Luke didn’t decide to do some squawking until we hit some traffic, leaving us feeling rather helpless.  Still, that cleared up pretty quickly and we made it home from the hospital in around 25 minutes.  While Elizabeth is on narcotics for pain [...]

Baby update, checking out tommorrow

Elizabeth is doing well and Luke has passed all his “tests” — hearing, vitals, etc. He has the usual newborn issues — rash, some acne. The nurses say it’s momma’s hormones working their way out. We’re going to try to keep him through the night since we’ll always be able to call the nursery should [...]

Luke’s first few minutes – On Video!

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More photos

Things are going well. Elizabeth is recovering rapidly and we expect to leave the hospital Friday or Saturday. Luke is doing great and is a pretty good sleeper… at this point. He’s also feeding well and I’ve been pretty good at soothing him when he does get fussy (very proud). I [...]