She's Home!

Laura is finally home! They released her from the hospital on Saturday and we are so happy to be a complete family again! She is a love! Yesterday she slept most of the day which made for an interesting night last night so we will have to see what we can do today to get her to stay awake more. Her hair is amazing, everyone is so surprised at how much she has and how dark it is, especially when they see her with Kenzie. We took her to the Dr. this morning to get a bili rubin(sp?) test done, hopefully her levels are low and she doesn't have to go back to the hospital for more light therapy, we are definitely keeping our fingers crossed!

Here she is in the NICU without her oxygen tubes taped to her face. I was so happy to see her after they took them off, the tape they use is yellow and covers her tiny cheeks so you can't see most of her face.

These are the bili lights, complete with sunglasses. I didn't know they were neon blue, it was pretty wierd to see.

Here she is at home, during her 10 hour nap yesterday. She didn't even wake up when she was hungry, I finally had to force feed her a bottle. She must have been worn out from all of the junks she had to go through at the hospital.

Kenzie was so excited to see her when we got home. She wasn't allowed in the NICU because she is so little so she didn't get to see her until she was a week old, that completely broke my heart! She has been such a wonderful helper, anything I ask her to do for the baby she is more that happy to do and she loves to hold her and tell her that she will protect her.

This is right after she was born, so tiny!

Being in the NICU everyday was an eye opener. The babies that were sharing the corner Laura was in were born at 23 weeks and had been in the NICU for 100 days. It was killing me to have Laura there for 7 days. When they were born they were only 1lb! They were SO TINY. The NICU was a level 3, which means it is top level appartently so it was always full. Everytime I would see a mom there in tears it would break my heart. I am sure the Dr.'s and nurses thought I was so silly for crying so much since she improved everyday but I missed her so much. As much as I don't enjoy pregnancy, I like knowing they are okay and having them with me and to be apart from Laura and not know what was going on with her everyday was so hard. We are so thankful for the blessings Heavenly Father has given us and that she is doing well and at home with us.