Life with my sister

This sweet baby is light free! He has also gone through the past 2 nights without a fussy spell. He has gained his birth weight back plus one ounce. He eats like a champ...and he eats really fast. We like to look at him while he eats and say, "you are a little pig aren't you". So cute, he is. He loves his crib. He finally got to sleep in it some yesterday once the light came off. He was so content, still and so sweet lying there in his room. It made Mama and Daddy feel content and still also. He got to put on footed pjs last night. The light caused him to only be able to wear elastic gowns or only a shirt. He was so comfy and cozy looking in his pjs. The feet of his pjs had giraffe faces on them. It was the cutest thing. Wearing those pjs made this Mama smile. It made Daddy smile too because the pjs said, "My Daddy Loves Me". His Nana bought him those, of course. Marmie left yesterday and Nana came. Nana cooked supper and watched Henry while Daddy took Mama on...

Is this not the saddest thing ever?! Our baby boy is jaundice. He has to wear this light until it goes away. His Nana came to visit on Saturday and we got this snapshot. It is quite the undertaking to take care of a 4 day old baby with this contraption on him 24 hours a day. He likes the floor a lot, but we are putting him in the pack n play for the most part. We have him camped out in our den. It is so sad to think his beautiful bed has not been slept in at all. It makes me a bit sad, but I know his well being is most important and we will wear this light as long as we have to. Pray for Henry and for us. It is sort of frustrating at times, as you can imagine. I think how it could be something so much worse than a tint of orange, and for that I am thankful. Henry's Marmie has been here to help us since last Tuesday. She is a God send to us. Having the extra body and the experienced mother to help us in this new, tiring and exciting time in our lives has been much appreciated. I ...

Didn't you just love the pictures of Henry? He is so cute and smells so good! I miss him. I crave him. How can that be? He isn't one of mine. My friend Jill said it would be like this though. She said I would love him as much as I love my own and she was right. I do. I must make a trip to Jonesboro soon and very soon. It was so weird being at the hospital all day Wednesday. In the same hospital where my three sons were born. I tried to get Abby to change rooms so that Henry could be in the same room as Samuel, but she would not do it. Such a party pooper . Anyway, it was weird being there. Me being the one that had to wait (and wait, and wait). I didn't make anyone wait that long! HA! I even said I would rather be the one having the baby than the one sitting in the waiting room. I think I may need medication or something. Because that just doesn't sound like something a sane person would say! Today Abby and Randall took Henry to the doctor. Henry is a little jaundiced ...

After days of recouping in a hospital bed and getting our baby to eat, Henry and I are happy and at home in our own place. It makes us both calmer, happier and healthier. I loved having the help of the nurses at the hospital as I recouped my body and got Henry's belly all cleaned out from mucus build up, yet I am so glad to be at home and introducing our baby boy to our home. Daddy kept up his work and his Daddy duties during our 4 day stay at the hospital. He is such a great multi-tasker. It makes my heart explode to see Randall love this boy as much as he does. His smile is larger and his heart is softer, as though he needed any improvement. I love Henry's Daddy so much more after these past few days. This sweet man labored for 21 hours with me, without a break. I pushed for 3.5 hours with him right there, sweating and crying with me. After almost 7 years of marriage, I love him in a totally new way after this life changing experience. Our baby boy is perfect to me. This i...

Meet our sweet Henry Patton This is our first family photo Randall's grandad...where the Patton comes from Henry meeting his Juju for the first time Grandaddy loves Henry Papa checking out our boy Proud Grandmothers My little family is complete...my boys make my heart melt. Notice Randall's "New Dad" shirt. All the nurses up here want him to put Henry's foot prints on it. So cute!

Here is Henry! Not the best picture of him, but one that I figured out how to post on here. He is doing great. Cuter today than yesterday. Abby had a hard time last night. (If you're a boy you might want to skip this paragraph!) She was bleeding and had many blood clots. It took a while for them to get that under control but once they did she was good. OKAY BOYS YOU CAN READ NOW!!! But she is all better today and even gets to stay another night in the hospital!! YAY for her. Sad for Randall, that couch is just NOT comfortable for him to sleep on. They are having many visitors today and are so glad to be showing off Henry to all their friends. Abby and Randall are just the cutest things. They are smitten (to use Abby's own word) with him. They are so proud of him, and very grateful that God saw fit to bless them with a son. They aren't taking parenthood lightly, they know it is a great responsibility , and they will fully rely on God and His goodness as they raise this b...

Henry is here and is cute as a doll! He weighed in at 7lb and 12 oz and was 21 inches long. A cute, fat bundle of joy. Abby struggled for quite a while (3 hours of pushing) and finally at about 4:25 after one loud scream from her, Mom, Molly and I heard a baby cry. It was beautiful! And then we heard the sweetest sounds come from Abby. She told Henry how much she loved him, that she was his mama, and that he was her precious baby boy. Randall was so proud to be a daddy. He hated to see Abby go through the grueling process of having him. I'm pretty sure it broke his heart that the woman he loved with all his soul was in such pain and discomfort. Abby is still trying to figure out who he looks like. Abby says he has "our hair", referring to her and Randall's dark curly hair. He looks quite a bit like Randall and quite a bit like Abby. Cute. Cute.Cute We all took turns holding him. Randall fed and burped him. And mom and I were sure to leave before the diaper needed to...