What a great today it has been. Mark and I finally feel like "Hey, we can actually do this!" which is great since we are going home tomorrow - yay! I'll get my staples out in the morning, we'll sign some paperwork and get a couple prescriptions filled and wonder what to do with this thing we brought home! We're really looking forward to it :-)
Asher was great today! While he had a couple fussy times, Mark and I finally found a few ways to get him calm enough to eat even if he was screaming when we were able to start feeding. Asher has been such an easy baby - the only difficult thing is his interest in Mark's and other people's voices while I'm trying to feed him. But Mark's mom said Mark was the same way - she always had to feed him alone b/c he just couldn't keep focused on one thing at a time! Like father, like son. Asher is also staying latched longer (makes my job a ton easier) and taking bigger feedings further apart. We're just so blessed that God gave us a son who has made our hospital stay pretty easy. Hopefully it continues at home!
We had a good day with lots of visitors too! My family came in for a while, the women from my bible study all stopped by, our good friends Joanne and he soon-to-be daughter-in-law Austie peeked in and once again, Mark's parents came by to see their 8th grandson. Also, long time friend Kory Knutz came by and brought us some Mexican food! It worked out well since Mark was starving and I was too picky to eat what the hospital had on their menu for tonight. With all the visitors you would think it would be hectic, but for Mark and I, it was a great lift in our spirits to have people "ooh" and "aah" over our boy :-) Especially since I was trying to find a balance between my pain medications and the effects they have on my mind... at least when I'm pain free I'm quite entertaining!
Anyway, just wanted to give you all an update and show you just how cute Mark and Asher are... we are going to hit 1000 photos in Asher's folder in no time! Thanks for all your encouragement and prayers... hopefully we'll be out and about to show him off soon!
