Our First Night

We are happy to report that Gavin slept through the whole night. Ha! No kid of ours is ever going to sleep through a night. We hit the sack around 12:30 am and the second I climbed into my single camp like bed Gavin blew an O-ring having his first poo. Carrie is immobile so I climb back out of bed and had a chance to tackle my first blowout 12 hours into baby number two. It was nasty and about the only thing I hadn't forgotten about having a newborn. While I was cleaning his bum up I had forgotten that proper technique is three quarters of the battle. I turned to toss a dirty wipe and he wazzered all over the place; his hat, the sheet, the towel, the clean diaper - everywhere. Par for the course. So after changing his diaper, the sheets, his hat, and his blanket we attempted to settle in for a much needed good night's sleep. That's when the crying started, so we didn't get much sleep, which is really to be expected.

His lungs have healed so we no longer have that as an issue. His breathing has normalized and the doctors decided not to follow up with any further X-rays. They have taken another blood sample to make sure everything looks normal. For one test he hit the highest level of "normal" so they wanted to make sure he didn't push any further, but we haven't heard back so things must have tested fine. He should get a clean bill of health tomorrow and we can then be discharged Saturday afternoon.

I picked up Quentin from daycare yesterday and brought him to the hospital so the boys could meet for the first time. Quinny had on his "I don't know what to think expression," which is where he is trying not to smile. It was probably hard for him to see his mom in the hospital holding a baby but he seemed to understand. It took him a while to warm up to the new surroundings and all the hustle and bustle. Quinny loves cords (vacuum's, the Swiffer, the baby monitor - anything with a cord) and of course the room has cords going every which way so he was entertained for a while just being in the room. After he settled down he asked if he could pet Gavin, meaning stroke his hair and we said okay. Kids are so great in that regard. He was nice and gentle and eventually held on to him before leaving for the night. Gavin was pretty upset and crying most of the time Q was here. Carrie kept telling him that he was hungry so Quentin, playing big brother well offered him up some of his apple juice. We had to explain to him that he only drinks milk. The rest of the time Gavin was crying Q kept saying, "Ungry, apple juice?, ungry, apple juice? Snack? Snack?" Good times.

While Q was here we learned a few things about having two kids. Since the hospital will serve the family dinner we decided we would do that last night. Well, dinner is a little bit different with two kids, a hospital room and little space. Trays got dumped, food got spilled but patience were kept. It was crystal clear that we will need to significantly increase our daily planning. Today it's what do we want for dinner and we will occasionally cook him up something different. Well, with this addition there is no way that's going to fly. We are definitely going to have to plan well in advance and have our meals for the week ready to go. No more trips on the fly to the grocery store. It's funny, but within 10 minutes of Quinny being in the room and the four of us together, it was clear that we are going to need to make major changes. Your head is just spinning.

On the way out I could hear Quinny asking about us as he walked down the hall. Q misses his mom and dad so I will go home and spend the night with him tonight. I guess on the on way to daycare this morning he was saying, "Momma, Dada, baby, home." I miss him too. When he was in here and put his hand on Gavin's head it covered three quarters of Gavin's head. It was unbelievable how much bigger Quentin is just being 23 months older. Carrie's parents have been a huge help and have stayed with him this week, picked up and taken him to daycare so we are thankful they are close by. My folks are going to drive over from the Badger state this evening to help out this weekend. We are excited to get home but are worried that Q will have a tough time this weekend so we are hoping the additional grandparents will get him some much needed attention.

It's been a crazy week but we are thankful everyone is healthy and we will leave the hospital on time. Here are a couple of pictures we took last night of the introductions.