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Wednesday Update

Our little guy still looks like a Florida retiree - chubby, wrinkled, and slightly yellow. We were back the the Doctor today, his jaundince is improving but his color is still not completely normal. They have assured us that this is nothing to lose sleep over. We will continue to watch him and probably go back in again next week for another test. Other than his tint, Sean is perfect.

Not a lot else has changed. Gaye has been here since Saturday and has been an unbelievable help. We are lucky to have her here to help out. She seems to like Sean a little bit also. They are getting along famously.

Tracy is doing so great. Her life now is a blur of feeding, napping, burping (like me in college). She is lucky to get more then a couple hours sleep at any one time. I don't know how she does it. Mom's must have some kind of superhero gene that kicks in when the baby is born.

-Pat

Look at the stars....

Doctor's appointment for Sean today. He was a trooper. He is now nicknamed "our little yellow baby." He is jaundiced. We had to head to the hospital for labs and are awaiting the results. I cried when they took the blood. In fact I cry a lot more these days. Guess that happens. I am hoping the jaundice resolves itself and we don't need further intervention. We will keep you all updated. I was assured by three old ladies* working in the hospital that it will pass.

As I was in the doctor's office, realizing just how yellow he is, the Coldplay song "Yellow" ran through my head and is playing on a loop now in my mind. I just downloaded it from itunes and will be dancing with Sean later. Here are the lyrics:

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow,

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

So then I took my turn
Oh all the things I've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh all the things you do
Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you i bleed myself dry
For you i bleed myself dry

Its true look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you

*Ok, the little old ladies were a hoot. They were all volunteers at the hospital. They were oh so curious about little Sean. They assured me that the jaundice will go away-especially because I am breastfeeding. They railed against hospitals today releasing new moms too soon and assured me that me not being allowed to stay a full seven days is the culprit here. If they had kept me longer, then the jaundice would have been caught and dealt with earlier. One of the ladies was appalled at the length of time I was having to wait for the lab to draw Sean's blood. She marched in the lab and said something that made the lab secretary come out and apologize for the delay. For the record, I had no complaints about the length of the wait. What a hoot they were...one went on to tell mom and I about her bladder infection.

Daddy is at work today and we miss him desperately.

Week in Review

The craziest, scariest, most joyous week of our lives is coming to an end. Pure joy are the words I would use to describe it. All of the sudden we are "those people".--those people who stare all day at their baby, blog about their baby, and are just overall annoying, acting like their child was the first one ever born on the planet. I mean really, we are disgusting with love around this place and I do not care one bit. It is sick.

Sean and I seem to get a lot of one on one time after midnight. He is not bound by the clock. I think my voice is dinner bell. I am starting to think he smells me because the minute I walk in a room he wakes up and wants to eat. I am probably delirious with lack of sleep and will pay for it soon.

Pat is a spectacular father. My love for him has grown even deeper this week. He is taking care of Sean and me without complaint. He lets me focus on Sean while he focuses on everything else. I am so grateful for this and unsure how people do it without this kind of support.

I just realized Sean is sleeping, mom is sleeping, and Pat is sleeping. Even Riley is sleeping. I need to go sleep.

Thanks for participating in our fun.

-tracy