Cute as a button

Well we are finally home! We were released from the hospital Saturday afternoon and it was a blessing!

Although it feels great to be home instead of the hospital, I'm still fighting off infections. I was on high risk for infection because my immune system was low when we were released, and sure enough, Sunday evening I spiked a fever. Now on anitbiotics (again) I'm working real hard to just be healthy, let alone recover from the c-section surgery. The road to recovery has been a long and bumpy one. We haven't hit pavement yet, but we are working on it.

Skyler is doing great. Healthy as a horse and eating like a champ. His sucking skills are yet to be determined, and he is still hesitant to come to me directly for food, but he is getting the food he needs and meeting is daily "output" requirements :).

Here are some more pictures for you all to enjoy.



Skyler rockin' it in Mom's baby blanket..ya vintage!

Grandma getting excited about going home.

Skyler's first time in the car seat.

First car ride :)

Sky testing out the vibrating seat from Grandma Jackson.




One happy little family :)

Sky working on his facials

Just being his cute little self...


...and working really hard at it too :)

Skyler Edgar Albert

There he is! The newest member of the family! We don't have a whole lot of pictures just yet, we've been sort of busy. The whole birth process has been a long and bumpy road. The plan was to give birth to Skyler the the Madison Birthing Center the all natural way. We started off doing just that. Early labor, with small contractions starting Thursday. These annoying little buggers stuck around, getting progressively stronger until Sunday night, around 11:35 pm, when my water broke. The real contractions weren't far behinde, and they were strong! We lived through each beautiful contration until 11:45 am when we found out that things weren't progressing fast enough, so off we went to St. Mary's Hospital. Things got interesting after that. Epidurals, monitors, and routine vital check-ups became the norm as we found out that I had a fever, which indicated infection. This was hard to handle, but we were still hoping a c-section wasn't going to be needed. Unfortunately, for the safety of both Skyler and myself, the c-section was the only option. But he came out smiling! Beautiful 8'13oz Skyler 21 inches long! He is perfect!


More pictures and updates are on the way, so stay tuned!

We should be both on our way home by Saturday, so keep us in your thoughts!