.happy anniversary.

Friday was our 11th wedding anniversary!  We celebrated a few weeks earlier with a nice dinner before baby came.  We had Vivi's ultrasound scheduled at the hospital that afternoon.  I loaded the girls up and went over to get it done.  Josh was able to meet us during on his way home from work.  It wasn't too bad.  I had to hold Vivi on each side and then they took a picture of her bladder.  She screamed her head off, but I knew it didn't hurt so it made me feel a little better.  We were told we should hear back from our doctor as early as Monday with the results.  I got a call from the nurse Monday who said that everything 'looks good'.  I was SO relieved to hear that and just had a few more questions when I went in for Vivi's 2 week check up on Friday.  What a blessing, all that worry for nothing!

It turns our she does have 2 ureters from her kidney to her bladder on her left side.  The Dr. said its nothing to worry about and that most people who have this never even know they do.  He said the only time they ever really found it before is when they were doing autopsy's.  I guess with modern imaging they are seeing this more often.

.first week with baby vivi.

 

 Having a new baby in the home is such an amazing experience.  I think we all just soaked up her new sweetness and enjoyed every minute of it.  We had a few visitors, Aunt Katie came up on Monday and Grandma Kerry came up for the day on Wednesday.  She did some shopping for me at wal-mart which was much appreciated.  I got a phone call from Amy asking if they could stop by for a minute which was quite a surprise.  Vivi met Will for the first time, even though they were both sleeping!

.welcome home.

We started our day bright and early, Vivi and I.  The kids all bounded into our bedroom right when they got up to see their new baby.  We spent a lazy Sunday in bed and passing her around so everyone could have lots of newborn snuggle time.  Vivi was borderline jaundice when we left the hospital so Josh took her in to get her bilirubin tested that afternoon (her first outing).  We gave her a bath in the bathroom sink that night.

.im going home.

Vivi's first night home.

We brought Vivi home to a quite house.  I got everything unpacked and set up my nursing station on my nightstand.  Before we left the hospital, I was given a Medela SNS Supplemental nursing tube to use to supplement Vivi until my milk came in.  Its a tricky device, but works great once you get it to work right.  My milk took 5 whole days to come in this time, so I was glad to have it while we waited.  Josh's job was to get it ready each time she nursed.  He's such a big help to me!

.hospital photos.