The first week home has been very eventful. We were discharged from the hospital on May 7th. On the 8th, Jade had her first doctor's appointment so that we could check her bilirubin levels after being under the lights for 24 hours. Her levels were still elevated and so we had to go back the next day for another check. Luckily this time her levels appeared to be lowering so we were able to take her off of the lights. However we still had to go back to the doctors the next day to make sure her levels weren't increasing. They were just fine.
It was quite the learning experience my first time out. I wasn't used to how many things a baby requires. There is the diaper bag and all the things that are involved with that, lots of diapers, extra clothes, wipes, bottles, formula, etc, etc. Luckily I had my mom there to help me remember all the things I needed. I don't think I could have done it without her.
Speaking of help, my mom only lives about 30 minutes away from my house. That meant that she could come up and help me as often as I needed it. I must admit, I needed her a lot. Babies are a lot of work!. She was kind enough to come up each day and help me out with things around the house, like cooking meals for me to freeze, doing my laundry, or grocery shopping. She would also watch Jade while I took a nap in between feedings.
She also recruited my dad, brothers and sisters to come up and help us with our yard. We had the curbers come out to our house a couple of days before I had Jade but we still needed to plant bushes and flowers in order to finish up our backyard. My family helped us do just that. I went out with my mom and picked out shrubs and flowers while my dad and Aaron laid the drip system and top soil and planted all the plants. I'll remind you that this was 4 days after I delivered Jade. It was good to get up and out of the house. It kept me from really being moody but I sure felt it afterwards. We actually got the entire front yard completed. It looked fantastic!
Also Mom and Dad helped us finish up the nursery. We had finished painting the nursery and setting up all the furniture before Jade was born but didn't have anything else in the room. I had tons of clothes to hang and wall coverings to put up...you know...cutsie stuff, I just wasn't able to finish before Jade came along. Thankfully my parents helped us put the finishing touches on the room besides everything else they did that week. It looked really cute when we were done.
We really appreciate all the things my parents did to help us out that first week. I'm sure we would have survived without their help, but it made those first days very enjoyable. We had a lot to get done and they really helped us out. We are very lucky to have such wonderful parents (grandparents) in our lives. We love you and appreciate all the things you do for us.
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