Our first week at home...

Wow! Andrew is almost a week old already! This week has really flown by. The first couple of nights were the toughest while Andrew was still trying to figure out his days and nights, but the rest of the week has been pretty good. He was a little jaundice when we went home on Sunday, so we went back to the doctor to have him checked again on Tuesday and his Bilirubin count was up. The doctor wasn't too alarmed by this because he is a breastfed baby and he and I are both still getting the hang of nursing. For treatment, they sent us home with a "biliblanket" that he wears 24/7 and when we went back today (Thursday), his count was on its way back down. He will have to wear the blanket through the weekend and then he will be checked again on Monday when hopefully it will be all better! Nursing is getting a little easier everyday...but it is QUITE painful. For something so natural, it sure is uncomfortable and difficult! Everyone tells me that it gets easier after the first couple of weeks and I am taking their word on that! :)
The highlight of the week has definetly been how well Will has done with the whole adjustment. He has been an angel!! He is so sweet to the baby, patient with me and Dan, and overall happy. I have had a lot of help from my friends. On Wednesday, my friend, Adrienne, picked him up and took him to the library and then back over to her house for lunch and to play. Then today, Amanda had him come over to play at her house for a couple of hours this afternoon. It makes me realize what a big boy he is becoming. He is going places without me! This makes me both happy and a little sad too.
Here are some new pictures from the week...
this is his "coming home outfit"

a little help from big brother with bathtime


Super Will



my poor little jaundice baby