Daddy's New Toy

"Hmmm...I wonder what it is?"

"Let's take a look."

"What a shock!! I can't believe it!"

"It's the exact camera I've been wanting!"

Pics with Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa have been wonderful about staying with Jack when Mommy and Daddy need a little break to go to the store, have dinner, etc. Jack loves it when they come over! :-)

Pics with Nana and Papa

Jack loved the time he got to spend with his Nana and Papa while they were in Holland. Now that they're back in Florida, we'll be spending plenty of time on the lappy with the webcam!

Look Who Mommy's Wearing!

Hanging Out with Daddy

Goodbye, Temp Nursery!

Once Jack was finished with the biliblanket, we finally had the freedom to move his cradle and supplies up to our bedroom. Hooray for sleeping on our own bed (instead of crashing on the futon)! Here are the last few shots in our cozy little room.

No More Biliblanket!

Here's Jack with the biliblanket...

Taking the biliblanket out...

Yay! Jack minus biliblanket! He's free!

Dave shows us what he really thinks of the biliblanket...

Haha. Just kidding--Dave wouldn't actually throw it away. We were thankful to have it. And plus, that would be really expensive.

Our First Week at Home

This is a bird's eye view of the temporary nursery we set up while
Jack was on the light therapy. Very close quarters!

This is Jack in his cradle. It was the same cradle that Dave
and his brothers slept in when they were babies!

I think it's beautiful. :-)

Mommy's little glowbug.

Sometimes Jack really enjoys having conversations with us while propped up on the Boppy.

I especially like his little "moose feet" in this outfit.

Here he is in the Boppy again.

This child is obsessed with sucking on things.

My finger was extremely pruney after this encounter.

Our boy is so modest--he absolutely hates being naked!

The sponge bath experience was a walk in the park, needless to say.

He was a lot happier wrapped up in the towel.

Jack Comes Home!

Because we have mismatched blood types, and because of the huge bruise on his noggin from the vacuum device, Jack had to stay an extra day in the hospital. He started to develop jaundice pretty early on, and it was worrisome enough that they sent us home with a "biliblanket"--a little pad hooked up to a machine that produces intense blue light. The light pad had to be against his skin on his back 24/7...even while we held him, did diaper changes, etc. It was a real pain in the butt. But before this technology, babies like Jack would have had to stay in the hospital nursery, rather than be sent home, so we were thankful for that. Here are some "homecoming" photos!

Daddy dresses Jack in his "homecoming" attire.

Note that Daddy spent a good amount of time at Babies 'R' Us

picking out just the perfect outfit. :-)

Mommy helps Jack into the car seat.

He is not so sure this is a great idea.

It turns out Jack is really quite fond of traveling in the car.

This isn't the room we set up to be Jack's nursery,
but because it's small and has a futon,
we made it our temporary home base.
We needed a place where we could sleep
next to him while he was on the "biliblanket."


Here's a picture of the "biliblanket."
Looks kinda sci-fi, don't you think?

Jack Makes New Friends

Our hospital room was full of happy, smiling faces for our whole stay! Here's Jack meeting some new friends.

Jack with Kathy

Jack with Casey

(she'll be taking care of him when Kathryn goes back to work)

Jenn holding Jack, and Dave holding her little boy, Nolan.
We could hardly believe the SIZE difference,
and the fact that our little peanut could be this big in just two months!

Jack Meets His Family

Jack had a LOT of visitors at the hospital! Here are some pictures of Jack meeting various family members.

This photo was taken shortly after he met us!

Here's Jack with his Nana and Papa (Kathryn's parents)

Jack meets his Grandma and Grandpa (Dave's parents)

Jack meets Aunt Jen for the first time

Aunt Kenni holds Jack

Jack meets his Great-Grandma Becksvoort