My Family Loves It

Ethan turned 3 weeks old yesterday and he’s been keeping busy. On Saturday he made his first trip to Wegmans and slept through all the aisles. He woke up at the register, but was asleep again by the time we got to the car.
Sunday his great-grandparents were up visiting for the day so we went [...]

Heather took Ethan to his first doctor appointment today. Dr said he is doing great. While he was there his umbilical button fell off. Ethan was awake and alert the whole time and only cried when he got his shot.
At home Heather and Ethan are both wonderful. Ethan’s sleep schedule is still a little off [...]

Heather and Ethan were discharged from the hospital today and arrived home just after noon. After a 5 night stay in the hospital, Heather was eager to return home and Ethan, well, slept the whole way.
The dogs were very excited to see Heather, but behaved themselves. When we brought Ethan in they didn’t seem to [...]

Heather and Ethan continue to do great. Ethan is breast feeding and spent the whole day in Heather’s room. Many visitors and phone calls, but mom found time to get some sleep.
Heather was taken off the IV and was able to go for several walks around the maternity wing and down to the nursery. Her [...]

Yay! Heather had the baby at 12:47 am on 10/2/02. She was induced again and dilated to almost 4 cm before the midwife broke her water. Contractions came quickly after that. after almost 8 hours of labor she called it quits. The doctor checked her out and decided on a c-section. Turns out Ethan was [...]