Liam comes home!

We brought the little bundle home on Wednesday (one week before his due date) and real life began to settle in slowly. Nothing could have prepared us for how much something so small could change our lives in such a big way. We're loving every minute!

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Too tired to eat! He decided that once he got home, he didn't want to nurse anymore. We switched to formula out of necessity, but by the time he went to his first doctor's appointment on Friday, he had lost almost a pound and was jaundiced. Turns out that the jaundice made him sleepy, so he wouldn't eat. But he needed to eat to make the jaundice better. This was a tough couple of days until he decided he was ready to nurse again...the formula wasn't too kind to his tummy. But as of Monday, he's gained back all but 5 oz. of his birthweight and his jaundice is all but gone. Praise God!

Dad demonstrates the "football" hold that is SO effective in burping the little guy!

Uncle Nick gets a good dose of birth control from holding a very angry Liam. :) Autie Stef
Uncle Kent
Great Aunt Brenda and Great Uncle James came to see Liam all the way from Tennessee!
Grandad and Liam just hanging out...
Proud Granny



Have you ever seen such beautiful skin?
Fat baby = happy mama. Here we are after his weight check on Saturday.
He had gained 5 oz. in just one day!


Tired daddy! This was too sweet of a moment to miss.
Nana and Grandpa brought Liam a cupcake to celebrate his 1 week birthday.
We'll be happy to eat it for him! :) Thanks to Kelly for taking these pictures...

Wednesday morning (April 2) and our first day home without daddy...6:00 p.m. seems so far away!

Thanks to Katie for coming over for lunch and offering such wonderful fellowship and mommy advice!

Thanks to everyone who came to visit during the first few days - we loved seeing you all and sharing our little man with you!