My View

It's amazing to be in this place again where I have a little one laying on me!  What a miracle! We chose the name Zachary because it means "remembered by God" and we truly feel that this is the case.  God remembered us and chose to give us another blessing - far more than we deserved.  We know that it isn't easy to raise a child and yet this was our earnest desire.

Oh, and Alan was chosen to honor my dad who has this as his middle name.  We honored the firstborn son with Kenneth as the middle name which was the case for 3 generations in Barry's family and now we have the chance to honor my family.

We're three days into being at home and boy am I glad to be able to nap during the day and have the help of my friend Lora who has come every day to help out wherever she can.

First Doctor's Appointment

Since Zach had higher levels of jaundice, we had to go to the doctor on Monday to see what course of treatment needed to be done.

 Dr. Orr and his intern checking out Zach

Poor baby had to have his blood taken so they could check his levels.

The doctor called us that evening to let us know that he felt that with putting Zach in the sun and having more poopy diapers, it was not necessary to do light therapy with him. Phew!

But, poor thing is struggling with gaining weight so we had to schedule more times to have his weight checked to make sure he's growing okay.

Brothers

We had no idea what to expect from Nathan as he would begin to interact with Zachary.  We had talked about a baby and that he would be born and be someone Nate could play with, but we just didn't know how he'd react.  Here they are the first day home hanging out together:

Then, we had to show off Zach at daycare so we got up and went with Daddy and Nathan in the morning.

Nana & Papa

What a blessing it was to have Nana and Papa to come and help during the time of Zach's arrival! Zach is grandchild number 9 and they have lots of experience with grandchildren :)

We were so glad to have them!

More from the Hospital

 Our first "official" family picture

Like we did with Nathan, we picked a stuffed animal for the monthly picture to track Zach's growth.  Here he is with the monkey!

Headed home!

Sharing the Love

 With Papa and Nana

 With big brother Nathan

 The Boys

Hospital Stay

Can you just get enough of this little guy?!  What a cutie pie!

Zach went through lots of outfits during his stay in the hospital (maybe we should have seen that as a sign of things to come!), but we enjoyed the opportunity to change him and show him off.  The nurses were absolutely wonderful and helped us so much during our stay.