The hospital stay

The hospital stay was a little crazy! Because Hudson was over 9 lbs, they kept having to check his blood sugar levels to make sure they weren't too high. I wasn't able to try to nurse him right after delivery because the epidural made me so dizzy and nauseous. He also didn't get the amniotic fluid "squeezed" out of him, so he kind of kept choking up the stuff and wasn't hungry. It was really hard to get him to nurse and seemed like a 'Roman feeding situation' all over again! By the second night, I had to supplement a little formula because he kept loosing weight. After trying too hard not to stress and lots of prayers, my milk came in as we were leaving the hospital on Saturday morning. Yay!
We also had more drama. My mom stayed at our house the first night with the kids. Around 2:45 am, Matt gets a phone call from my mom saying that she kept passing out and couldn't get up and Roman had wet the bed and she needed help. Scary!! Matt left immediately to help her. It ended up being her blood pressure was too low, but we were really scared. Matt's dad flew in the next day to meet Hudson. Pam couldn't come because she was staying with Meg in Denver while Mike was flying. Baby Emmett was born just 8 days before Hudson. Matt ended up staying at home the second night to let my mom get rest. It was crazy being at the hospital with a newborn by myself, but the nurses were so great. I was offered to go home a day early, but quickly denied that when I remembered that I had two other littles at home.  The hospital was like vacation! ha!  I had my friend Leslie as my nurse the second night. We had lots of great conversation and I enjoyed the girl time!
Through all the drama, we were able to have the kids come up and meet Hudson on Thursday, his actual birthday, and on Friday. It melted my heart to see their excitement. Our lives are going to be crazy, have unexpected trials, and be very eventful, but we can get through anything with God's help. I feel so blessed. He's been so gracious to give us three healthy children. Thank you God!

The craziness has begun!!

Meema lovin time

Carmen kept yelling, "Baby!"

"Can I touch him?"  "Will he break?"

Our full family

Big brother gets to hold Hudson

Spider-man was so excited!

Brotherly love

Kisses for the baby

sleeping away

Pa is here!

Friday afternoon they came dressed in their matching outfits

So Sweet!  We have three kids!

Mommy is so in love!

Our family of five!

Three generations!

Getting all geared up to go home on Saturday

Ready to head home!

Headed home on my birthday!

Look at Roman's face!  They were jumping up and down with joy when we arrived home!