I Know a Rhino

One of our very favorite family books is I Know a Rhino by Charles Fuge. You can tell it's well loved by the tape down the middle. Avella was beyond excited to have 'lots of animals'  in her bed like the girl in the book. What a little cutie pie.

And The Winner Is...

Congratulations, Krista! You won a massage and lunch with yours truly (that's me, just in case you were wondering)! 

Thank you everyone for visiting me while I was in the hospital. It meant so much to me and helped the days go by (kind of) quickly. You all kept me sane! Look how full that jar is. I feel so loved. :)

I just realized that maybe I haven't explained the jar on the blog... Every time someone would come visit me they got to write their name on a piece of paper and put it in the jar. Every other week I would draw a name from everyone that had visited with me in that two week period and that person would win a prize, such as movie tickets and gift cards. This drawing was the Grand Finale drawn from everyone that visited over my entire stay.

Visiting Hazel

I know, I know... She came home months ago and I'm barely posting pictures of the kids first visit with her. Apparently when I promise something asap that means two months later. She's been home almost ten weeks now. She was in the NICU for almost twelve. Crazy to think that she still hasn't been home as long as she was in the NICU. It feels as if she's been home a lot longer. I'm grateful for that. It automatically felt so natural to have her home, of course because it is natural to be with your baby 24/7.

Susan, Hazel's primary care nurse, was ready with the camera as the kids came walking in to see Hazel (Thank you Susan!).  I love their excited expressions!

 This is how you hold babies.

I wish these two pictures were more in focus!

I promise this was the best family picture we got. With six people it's hard to catch everyone looking at the camera at the same time let alone smiling. Hazel was pretty overstimulated by this point. Can you tell?