Emily's first week

Enjoying Emily those first few hours


















The kids and Mom meeting Emily for the first time







Proud to wear the Big Brother and Big Sister shirts Granna helped them make






Nothing like holding a real baby for the first time!




And nothing like holding your fourth grandbaby for the first time!







Saturday--going home!









Glad to be home...


















Sunday morning at Emily's checkup, she had jaundice and had to re-admitted for 24 hours of photo-therapy. I checked into a hospital room to be close to her. It was hard not to be able to hold her except when I was feeding her, and hard to be away from the kids and David again. It gave me a whole new appreciation for people who have babies in the neonatal ICU!


The hospital became familiar territory for us, and I couldn't help but get a smile out of this every time I saw it... Snore clinic and psychiatric clinic on the same floor: Convenient for wives whose husband's snoring has made her insane! =)



Anyway, it's amazing how a couple of days of hospitals seems like a week! I enjoyed the kids' visits, though, and we made the best of limited space!

Monday we were home again

Enjoying Emily's "awake" time

4 days old...

Emily in her downstairs "bed" and Big sister in action...

No JCPenny Portrait Studio in Thailand, so this is Mommy's Home-made Portrait Studio!
Emily Grace, 1 week old