Grandma goes Home

My mom left to go back to NC today. She is going to miss little Markus.

I should have taken more pictures while she was here. Fortunately Sami thought to take this one before we left for the airport.

Good Morning Markus

Sami says goodbye before leaving for work.

Markus was happy and playful this morning even though he stayed up half the night.

We also gave him his first bath this morning, but I didn't take any photos because he was screaming mad about it and I didn't want to make the bath any longer than necessary.

Rocking with Grandma

My mom (Nancy) flew in from Charlotte, NC on Jan 2nd. She had started to get quite worried that the baby would not be born before she had to leave Portland. Luckily he was born with perfect timing.

She's rocking him now so I can finally catch up on the blog posts that I know everyone has been waiting for.

Sleeping Baby

Markus has his days and nights reversed. He likes to sleep more during the day and eat and play more during the night.

Happy New Year! - Checking out of the Hospital

We didn't get much rest in the hospital. Doctors and Nurses coming in to check on me and the baby, taking lots of blood samples, blood pressure checks, all kinds of newborn tests...

Since I had already spent a good portion of Monday in the hospital for testing, plus the labor on Tues and Wednesday, I was ready to get out of there!

We checked out as soon as we could after all the required tests were done (24 hours).