How "Sweet" it Is....

Not that I am worried about my figure at this point in time, heck, I am just happy to eat again! But, I am starting to think that friends are wanting me to put some pounds on... and fast! Or they just want to pad my dentist's checking account!

Not only have we started receiving wonderfully delicious meals from member's of Mother's and More, but we have had people drop by with tons of wonderful baked goods. I am not usually a sweets person, but I can't help myself with some of these! Our neighbor, Mona, makes cakes as a hobby. Not just any cakes, but the most wonderful cakes I have ever tasted. She stopped by the other day with this beautiful creation-

She is so talented! It isn't just beautiful, it tastes like heaven. (We have shared this with friends because we haven't wanted it to go to waste, and I am sure that they can back me up on that statement!!)

Then we got a delivery that same day:

It is so cute, I feel guilty to eat any of it!!

On top of these, another neighbor of ours has brought over huge plates full of cookie bars twice in the past week. I am definitely going to need to get to the dentist ASAP with all of these sweets in the house!! YUMMY!

All is going well with being a new family of 4. We are tired, of course, but not completely drained. Rhylan is a really good baby. He is doing well- we have been at the doctor or the lab at the hospital everyday this week because of him being jaundice. We knew when we were discharged from the hospital that he had elevated bilirubin levels, but were told to have our pediatrician follow up. The levels climbed a bit when we went to the doctor on Tuesday, and they ordered bilirubin lights (kind of like a baby tanning bed to break up the cells) to be delivered to us at home to keep him under, rather than readmitting him to the hospital. There was some big ordeal with the home health company not getting it to us, so we had to go to the hospital lab twice on the 4th of July to have his levels checked. They were still elevated, but stable. Then we went to the doctor again on Thursday and they were still stable, so at that point they cancelled the order for the lights (which still hadn't made it to us anyway) in hopes that it would start to go down. As of this morning, it had dropped way, way down, and he no longer has to have his little heels stuck to draw blood to check his levels. Yay! It was no big deal even if he had to go under the lights, as jaundice is really common in newborns- especially preemies, but we are happy that we were able to avoid it and that our little guy was strong enough to overcome this on his own!

I hope to get more pictures posted soon, and to update our online photo album as time permits.