We are home...now a family of FOUR!!!

Mya on Day 2 of life! Isn't she just precious, we could kiss her for hours.

Big Sister Ava loves to snuggle Mya, not always so gently.
Close supervision will always be a must with Ava & Mya, at least will she's this small.

Oh my, just love her!

Hmm, think they are related?

This was taken right before we left, 1st time I did my hair or make-up in 3 days!!! With Ava I got beautiful the next day, but after almost passing out in the shower on Day 2, I gave up on how I looked until I could function better.

She loves to sleep this way, so comfy on Mommy.

Welcome Home!

Jake was just as excited as everyone else, she got a few good licks from that dog.

Boppies are the best invention, couldn't live without one.

1st go at tummy time! Ava couldn't let Mya have all the fun, so she spread out her own blanket and joined the party on the floor.

Then she had to size up her babies next to Mya, already practicing how to share. Just don't touch Ava's blanket, she's never sharing that! Even at the hospital a nurse commented on Ava's blanket and she grabbed and declared "this is MY blankie."

As for sleep, she's doing GREA T during the day, hard to wake her sometimes to eat. But the last 2 nights at home have been a struggle. I think I was up with her from 1:30am to 5am, then she finally fell asleep in her carseat and I slept on the couch until 7am when Ava woke up. Oh how I've been looking forward to this! :) Otherwise, she's a keeper!

My cousin Audra last commented that she couldn't wait to hear more of Mya's birth story, so here goes, you asked for it! Tuesday the 31st we arrived bright and early at 5:30 am. Got my I.V. hooked up, vitals taken and took some NASTY anti-nausea med. They wheeled me into the O.R. just before 7:30 am, where the anestheologiest (can't spell right now) administered my Spinal injection. Instantly nerve pain shot down my left leg and kept throbbing, she re-adjusted the needle, but it took a good couple of minutes to stop hurting. Then I layed down, and started to feel the numbness creep up my legs. Eventually the doctor came in and they let Jeremy come back as well. Then before I knew it, they were slicing me open and within a couple minutes I heard the sweet cries of Baby Mya. Jeremy got to take some pics right after she was out and then I got a quick peek before they took her to get cleaned up. At one point I looked over and saw that the scaled read 8lbs 10oz, I asked if that was seriously her weight, I was shocked. After having a 10lb 12oz baby, I didn't imagine I'd ever get an 8 pounder!!! Then my anesth. doc asked if I felt sick at all, well like a second later I could taste bile in my mouth and just started vomitting. Disgusting! I think it happened 2 or 3 more times while I was still being operated on. It took a total of an hour or so from start to finish for the C-section.

I won't tell you all about the 1st day, as my memory is fuzzy. But I lost my stomach a few more times. At dinner time I was feeling good and they made me get out of bed and sit in the rocker to eat my jello and broth. But just when the nurse came back to ask how my food was sitting, I barfed it all back up for her. Pleasant, I know. The next day brought on the challenge of getting out of bed, they removed my blessed catheter and helped me to the toilet. After sitting there a minute I went totally flush and almost fell over. The nurse got me back to bed and it took me a few minutes to recover fully. I tried again later, not too bad, just a little dizzy. Then I decided to take a shower at 5pm because I stunk from all that barfing. I sat on the stool in the shower and got all clean, then had to tell Jeremy to get me dressed fast because I was about to pass out again. He did a good job helping out, I felt just awful though. Got into bed to re-coup and decided that was all I could do for the day. The next day was much better, made 3 trips out of my room and in the hallways. No more dizziness or nausea and I was eating like a pig. Everyday has been better, still pretty sore and hard to stand up straight, but I might be able to go for a short walk today, we'll see. Sorry for the yucky details and my non-exciting writing abilities. But besides all the yucky stuff, just hanging out and holding this precious newborn has been the best. We feel so very blessed to have been given this 2nd miracle baby!