Day 2
So our first night was a definite challenge between the nurses, techs, and doctors checking on me, checking on Riley, and checking on Logan, it was pretty hard to sleep. When you factor in having to feed Logan every few hours and that every noise either of them made sent a jolt through my body, you end up with me getting only one hour of sleep.
At least I wasn’t too grumpy for our visitors! On Thursday, first Steve’s sister Lynda and nephew Alex came to visit. Alex was too cute holding the boys. He had his elbow up so high trying to support them that we told him his arm was going to fall off.
Later on, Uncle Chris came to see us, as did 3 of the lovely ladies of the Price family (Rosanne, Melissa, and Kimmy). The Price ladies brought flowers, flowers, flowers!
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| Uncle Anthony got there before the price ladies left |
After the Price family left, we got a visit from the Hood family! Mikey and Sean were a little weary about holding the boys. In fact, I’m not sure Mikey even breathed when he was holding a baby. I love that we eventually got Sean to hold the boys, because now whenever someone is feeling too nervous to hold one of them, I say come on, my 10 year old cousin held them! Ryan, on the other hand, was all about holding the boys! He had one in his arms at all times! We had to take pictures of him doing so on his phone so he could show the ladies. Apparently they were very impressed when he said he was going to see his newborn cousins!
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| Sean |
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| Mikey |
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| Ryan |
Day 3
Friday was the first day I really spent a lot of time out of bed. I felt so much more human sitting in a chair. Steve, the boys, and I spent most of the day with my dad.
The photographer came (no good photos though) and the boys wore real clothes (not a grossly oversized shirt) for the first time. This is when my favorite "Logan eating Riley" picture was taken. Here is one where they are not cannibals.
Then that night, my grandparents came to see the boys for the first time!
My grandfather commented that Logan and Riley were not only the smallest, but the youngest babies he had ever held. Of course we had to question him on that one – what about my dad and my uncle? He said that times were different back then – babies were whisked off to the nursery right away, and you looked at your baby through the nursery window. Crazy! My grandparents were so excited to hold the boys – it was the cutest thing ever. My grandma was ecstatic because the babies’ eyes weren’t brown… yet. (My grandmother is obsessed with blue eyes. She was upset that my dad and uncle have brown eyes, even though she and my grandfather do too).
That night we also got a visit from Sarah!
Day 4
Logan had gotten circumcised on Thursday, but Riley didn’t because of all his blood sugar issues. Then he was supposed to on Friday, but when the pediatrician stopped by, it was time for him to eat. Getting him to eat was a massive struggle, so it was postponed yet again until the next day. Given the option of going home on Saturday or Sunday, we chose Saturday, so Riley got his circumcision as his send off. We told the nurses we wanted to leave that day… but no one seemed to tell us if we were allowed to. They wanted to keep an eye on Riley for a bit, and apparently my hemoglobin dropped, so they needed orders from the doc to give me a transfusion or release me. It was HOURS before they gave us a decision. Ultimately they said we could go, but the discharge paperwork took forever. My parents, grandfather, and Steve packed up the room and the boys and when the wheelchair finally came for me, we headed home!
We were welcomed home by my brothers and grandma. That evening we got a visit from Jenn, Michelle, and Lisa! Jenn started crying the moment she saw the boys. It was pretty adorable. Michelle and Lisa were a little more hesitant to hold them (they were tiny!) but warmed up to the idea pretty quick!
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