Our First Weekend As A Family Of 4

Considering we just had a baby this week, we still had a pretty busy weekend.  We started bright and early Saturday morning with a trip over to Dr. G's office.  Dr. G wanted to see Evan to get a weight check and a jaundice check.  Since we had to bring him in, we went ahead and made an appt. for Em too.  Her ezcema has been pretty bad lately and we wanted to see if he had any new suggestions for us.  Our appt. was at 8:50 and I think we pulled out of our driveway at 8:43.  Good thing his office is literally 1 minute away from us.  It was definitely tougher getting out of the house as a family of 4.  Evan's checkup went pretty well.  He was down to 7 lbs, 2 oz.  When we left the hospital he was down to 7 lbs, 4 oz.  So he still lost a little bit.  We're still working on figuring out the breastfeeding, but hopefully we'll have him gaining weight soon.  He was quite a bit more jaundice than when we left the hospital as well.  His bilirubin level was up to 14.3.  They want it to stay below 15 -17, but it's not until it reaches 20 that they really worry.  We're just planning a few days of sunbathing for Evan.  Em's appt. went well.  Dr. G said we can go ahead and give her allergy medicine each day and see if that will help with her ezcema.  We also got a new steroid cream for her.  Hopefully this will help with her dry, itchy skin!

After we got back from the dr.'s office, Shawn and Em headed out to go to their second swim lesson.  I enjoyed my quiet time just hanging out with Evan. 

This is what she did when we asked her to take her picture.

But she got excited when we asked her to twirl.

After Em's nap, we surprised her with another big sister gift. . .a water table for the backyard.  She loved it!  Shawn took her outside to play with it and I think they were out there for a couple hours (I might have drifted off to sleep while they were).

Notice her anklets.  We have no idea where she got the idea, but this is her new favorite way to wear her silly bands.

Sunday morning, Shawn and Em met Shawn's dad at Fuzzy Taco's for breakfast.  Me and Evan had planned to go, but after a rough night with little sleep, I decided I needed a nap instead.  After Em's nap, we headed over to my parents house for dinner.  It was nice getting out, although it took about 45 minutes longer than we expected to actually get out of the house.  :)