Precious

We're home and enjoying our time as a family. I'm treasuring each moment, I know that it will go by so fast. The days are flying by, you forget how busy you are with a newborn. Kadence has jaundice, which we knew would happen since Aden had it also. Luckily, the nurses and lactation consultant listened to us and ordered tests early so we were able to catch it and worked out a feeding plan until my milk came in. She's a good eater but was very frustrated when my milk wasn't in yet. She was a lot happier after we supplemented with formula and used a special feeding tube. It was a pain to set up since I needed Darin's help for each feeding, but it was worth all the work since we were able to control her billirubin level. We took her to our pediatrician yesterday and she gained a couple of ounces and doing very well.

Sleep is not something that I'm getting a lot of, which is not a big surprise. Kadence sleeps good, she's sleeping at least 3 hour stretches at night. We don't really want her going longer than that due to the jaundice, she needs to eat often and she is pretty much ready for a feeding at the 3 1/2 hour mark. I'm amazingly functioning very well for not getting much sleep...part of it is my fault since I can't seem to get myself to go to bed as soon as Kadence is asleep. I'm just on adrenaline high I think. Being so miserable while I was pregnant, lack of sleep is nothing for me.

I am truly enjoying having a newborn and she is such a joy to us. She's already showing some of her personality and it is amazing to see how much she responds to her brother. She looks a lot like her dad, but definitely resembles Aden also. I'm looking forward to seeing what her eye color would be, it definitely looks like it'll be a lot lighter than mine or Aden's. Her hair is amazing, black hair with brown highlights!!! All the nurses & my doctor were just commenting on the fact that she has highlights. I need to get a good shot of her hair since I'm sure it'll change as she gets older...I'll post it as soon as I get it done.