Granny's Visit

It has been a week with the 3 of us at home and it was time for Granny to come for her visit. It was also time for another big event... Texan & Lexy were coming home to meet Liam.

Daddy brought Liam out in the stroller so that the dogs could get inside, and settled, first.

It was his first time in the stroller and he seemed to like it.

I met Granny, Tex, & Lex outside. When we came in I offered them a blanket, that Liam had been using, to sniff.

Daddy brought Liam back inside and we began introductions. Lexy was very interested. She would lick him all over... if we let her.

Texan, on the other hand, will take his time. "Someone else to take attention away from me?" It really could not have gone better and I'm very sure that the 3 of them will be the best of friends. I tell Liam all the time, "You have 2 puppies."

What a big day so far. Time to kick back and relax.

The next day Liam and Granny spent some more quality time together.

We gave him a wash and he cuddled up with his Granny once again.

The following day Daddy went back to work. Luckily he got to have a Liam fix in the middle of his work day for Liam's first check up with Dr. Jaime.

Granny drove us to pick Daddy up on the way to the doctor (I am under strict instruction not to drive for 2 weeks).

They only do well patient check ups for the first hour after lunch so we were a happy family in the waiting room. (The waiting room is too cool by the way. Liam is going to love it when he gets older. There are all kinds of things to play with.)

Granny took such great care of us during her visit. She did the grocery shopping, cooked for us, walked the dogs, and was there to help with absolutely everything. My favorite part was just having her here.

Time for Mommy's first post partum check up.

Liam and Dr. Cindy.

Just before this picture was taken a nurse, whom I had not met before, said to me "You're brave. I heard about you. 10 lbs!" Granny and I smiled and laughed a bit.

We enjoyed spending time together the rest of Granny's visit.

Granny also put up all of our Christmas decorations. The Christmas tree is now known as "Liam's Tree" and he just LOVES to look at it.

Granny introduced Liam to many Christmas carols.

Granny, thank you for helping us get more rest...

...and for making us so happy. We love you!

Getting Into the Swing of Things

YaYa and Emily have been here since the beginning of November so that they would be here for Liam's birth. Luckily, even though he came almost 2 weeks past his due date, they were still here with Uncle Paul for a bit longer.

Emily had been so curious about baby Liam since she first saw him and could not wait to hold him. She did a great job and was so sweet with him.

Here is Emily in her Christmas sleep sack (made by Mimi) and, yes, Liam in a stocking. I ask you, "Is there a cuter Christmas picture??"

We love our sweet little stocking stuffer.

Special time with Papa

YaYa made Liam a hat! At first it did not fit but, no worries, YaYa made it a bit bigger. It seems that Liam is following in Mommy & Daddy's footsteps...you need a bigger head for a bigger brain.

Time for Liam's first photo session on his Boppy.

So many facial expressions and only 1 week old.

Sweet, sweet smiley boy.

We spent the next day relaxing...

Then we had visitors! YaYa, Uncle Paul, and Emily came by.

I'd say we're starting to get into the swing of things...

Homeward Bound

It was our final night in the hospital and, since I'd been instructed to start moving around, we decided to roam the halls a bit.

Of course we couldn't resist the opportunity to pose with Liam.

The next day we were getting all ready to go.

Here Liam and I are being pushed by one of our wonderful nurses, Michelle. (She did such a great/painless job of taking out my staples - which I was unaware of until I was told they needed to be taken out - that I gave her one of the flowers from the arrangement that was sent to us.)

Mommy & Liam are ready to go HOME! You may think I'm being a tad lazy by wearing slippers but let me tell you, they were the only things that fit after over 60 hours on a saline drip.

Here's the beautiful arrangement I mentioned. It can have my seat... I get to sit with Liam.

Ready to go home on his first car ride. He only cried until we started moving...

There's our content baby!

We're home!

This was waiting when we got upstairs! What a wonderful, and thoughtful, surprise from Mimi, Papa, YaYa, Uncle Paul, cousin Emily, Uncle Adam, & Aunt Angie.

Also, a fully stocked refrigerator and pantry!?! We were THRILLED...

...and happy to be home.

Liam's first nap at home. I had started to worry that he thought we lived at the hospital where our sleep was constantly interrupted and we had to keep getting shots.

We relaxed at home the rest of the day and night...

...and enjoyed our precious baby boy being there with us.

A Very Thankful Thanksgiving

Liam's first Thanksgiving. Luckily, we had both sets of grandparents to bring us some more things to the hospital. We really thought we'd only be there for a couple days...ha!

I realize these are all only slightly different... I just can't help myself!

Mimi & Papa brought Mommy & Daddy Thanksgiving dinner. We were very grateful.

Our first Thanksgiving together and our first pictures with the 3 of us. What a wonderful reason to spend Thanksgiving in the hospital.

Hanging at the Hospital

We definitely had time to make ourselves comfortable at the hospital.

As for sleep... forget it. This was my first stay in a hospital and I had no idea how little rest you actually get. We did have wonderful nurses the entire time and I was a HUGE fan of the room service.

There was plenty of time for bonding...

... and snuggling.

This was not posed. We found it adorably hilarious that Liam was doing the "one-million dollars" pose all on his own on his birth day.

Liam's first bath was even in the hospital.

Daddy did most of the bathing. I helped a little as I was not able to get out of bed yet.

Liam didn't love every part of his first bath...

...but he sure was relaxed afterward.

It's hard to believe that Liam was Bubble just a few days before.