Owen's first 60 hours...

What a roller-coaster of a time we've had transitioning to life with Owen...things started out great, but we've had a few hiccups along the way. While my labor went really well, the delivery was a bit of a challenge...my OB discovered that Owen was "sunny-side up" and was concerned that this would cause it to be hard to deliver him. Pushing was pretty painful, and at the end his big shoulders got stuck and caused some concern for the doctor...apparently when this happens, the doctor has a window of less than 5 minutes to get baby out before there are real complications...including a risk of death! Thankfully he didn't tell me this until after Owen was safe in my arms. Let's just say without getting too "TMI" about it that this caused the last pushes to be excruciating and I'm in some pretty substantial pain even now. Totally worth it, though!

Here's my favorite picture of Todd with his son thus far...Owen loves to be cuddled, and we LOVE to oblige... :)

At about 2 this morning when the nurse was checking Owen's vitals, I asked about his coloring. We'd gone through a bout of jaundice with Hailey, so it was at the top of my list of concerns. Also, the severe bruising to Owen's head while being delivered, Hailey's history, and being breastfed put him into a higher risk category. She checked his skin and his blood and sure enough, his biliruben count was way critical and they started him on light therapy right away. I was heartbroken because this not only meant we weren't going home that afternoon, but I'd have to give my brand new baby to the nursery nurses to have him in the light bed ALL THE TIME. And I do mean all the time. I can nurse him for a maximum of 20 minutes at a time and then he's back in the bed. No one else can even hold him. We did, however, get encouraging news this afternoon that his levels had dropped very slightly and that the light therapy was working...PTL! The night nurse on duty now said she'd be really surprised if he wasn't well enough to come home sometime tomorrow, but we'll just have to see... :)

Yesterday in the morning my Papa Dale - Owen's GREAT-grandpa - came for a visit. He's the sweetest man around...

Here's Hails...proving once again that she's going to be one awesome big sister... :)

Tonight at about 3 in the morning, when called into the nursery to feed, Owen got pretty restless and fussy...he wasn't latching and we were having a hard time figuring out what he needed. I put him on my chest and he immediately calmed down and fell asleep. It was such a precious moment! He just needed his mommy and I was happy to just hold him there! (Thankfully this night nurse is very relaxed and turned her head while I held him for a bit :)

We're beyond words excited about the arrival of our sweet baby boy. Thank you, everyone for your prayers and encouraging words... :)

Sweet, Sweet Baby...

Owen Garrett Yost, born at 3:48pm on May 27, 2009 Weighing in at 8 lbs, 13 oz!!

Look at how awake and alert he is tonight! :)
Here is our new family...of FOUR!!

Here's Hailey, the new Big Sister holding Owen for the first time. She loves him already!

Here's Hailey's first glance at her new baby brother...

I am in LOVE...it's really true that when you have a second child your heart grows to fit them in... :)

We are so thankful for everyone's prayers today. It was a great day...

Ummm...not exactly what I meant, Todd...

Now that it's getting nicer out, we decided it was time to get out the blow up pool, clean it up, and get it filled. Sadly, we couldn't find the air plugs for it. I then sent Todd to Fred Meyer to find another blow up pool on the Memorial Day Weekend Sale...

He came home with this...
Not exactly what I meant, but I guess it'll do... :)

Just the 3 of us...

A huge thank you to Shawna, Stacy and Keener for our awesome zoo membership! We'll have TONS of fun over the next year visiting all the animals... :)

Look!! Hailey is as tall as a baby polar bear! :)

She LOVED the elephants...

...and being on her Daddy's shoulders...

I think this place is quickly becoming one of our faves...

The Weekend's Agenda...

*Enjoying this quiet morning to myself while Todd's working and Hailey spent the night at her grandma & grandpa's.
*Some folding of laundry, organizing here and there, and a trip to the grocery store
*A "secret project" in Owen's room...I'll be sure to post pics as soon as it's done! :)
*Continue the search for denim capri's that will fit my daughter. No such luck so far, but when I'm on a mission, I'm on a MISSION!
*Keep this boy IN...my mom's out of town and would just DIE if he came while she's gone...in fact, she's already got a float plane on standby to fly her out of Malibu if I do go into labor...don't worry, Dad...I'll do my best to save you the $1000 plane ride!! :)
*Soaking up my weekend with Hails...and be praying for her...she's so excited to welcome her baby brother, but I can already sense her acting out a bit because she knows things are a changin'...there have been a few extra fits and outbursts over the past couple of weeks. The balance between loving her to pieces so she feels secure and disciplining the bad behavior has been tough...but it's absolutely what God would have us do as parents...it's what He does with us too, right?!? :)

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend! :)

Summer's on the way!

On Sunday, since it was 80 degrees out, we went outside and Hailey played with the hose...we tried the sprinkler, but she liked the control of just using the hose. :)

Recently, Todd taught Hails how to plant dandelion seeds...awesome. :)

One random morning, she wanted to wear her "ballerina". She ran around in it all day long...so cute. :)

We brought the infant seat in from the garage so I could get it cleaned up for Owen, and ever since I can always count on finding Hailey in it...or one of her baby dolls strapped in!

And last, but not least, here's her new favorite spot to just chill...she's getting way too big way too fast if you ask me!! :)

Special Snuggles

Ever since Hailey was born, she has NOT been interested in cuddling. She's just too busy for that kind of thing, I guess...until lately. The other night I was exhausted, so I went to take a little snooze in my bed...and was joined by a little visitor. She snuggled right in and I was in HEAVEN! I mean, even when I'm tucking her in at night if I stay too long she says, "Mommy go in her bed?". I could get used to this... :)