Welcome Home

 After 2 nights in the hospital, a standard stay, we were ready to come home and get back into the swing of things.  Looking back, I'm a little shocked at how quickly we got back into the swing of things, but I guess with number 4, there's not much of a choice.  Somehow, with Jake only being a week and a half old, I already feel behind on recording things.  It just seems like so much happens all at once!  We've had so many people help out, bring meals, clean our BATHROOMS!  We've also had lots of visitors. 

 One highlight was Jake getting to meet Aunt Amy and his cousins Bella and Marco. 

Bella was eager to hold Jake.  Marco, well, not so much.  It was Halloween night, and he was a bit more interested in his candy (can't say I blame him).


Jake has really done well transitioning to home.  I don't remember any of the others smiling this early, but Mom said she even saw him smile in the hospital.  I've seen him smile several times since, and no, not because he has gas.  I've seen it more in his sleep, but a few times when he's awake.  Unfortunately I haven't caught it on the camera yet.  He's sleeping pretty well.  Most nights he just gets up to eat, falls asleep while he's eating, and goes back down nicely.  He's a bit of a spitter, so that's bothered him a few nights, but not regularly.  He's very quiet and sleepy still.  Certainly not a fussy baby.  The kids are doing fairly well with him.  John and Eve like to be right up close to him, while Ellie likes to pet his head a second, then go back to what she was doing.  She's very interested in him, and likes him a lot, just not obsessed with him.  Eve is very much a mother.  She helped me with his first bath at home, and is always concerned when he cries. 

John likes to kiss him and play with him a lot, and sings nursery rhymes to him.  They're all very sweet to Jake (even if their behavior otherwise is suffering).

Jake has been participating in Phase 1 of initiation into the Buckingham family...sunbathing in the nude.  Somehow all 4 have had high biliruben.  He doesn't seem to mind. 

Adjusting to 4 is certainly an adventure.  So far, so good, thanks to all the help we've had from so many special friends and family.  I'm just not sure how it's flying by so fast!