Two Lad's and My Lady: Were Home with Joshua!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life can't get much better than this.... :)
As most of you know, we got to bring little Joshua home on Thursday night last week and it has just been amazing having him apart of our family at home! I feel absolutely blessed to have 2 awesome little boys, and a husband that takes on 90% of the load!I have the 3 most Wonderful Men in my life- I feel like the luckiest woman in the World!!! Life couldn't get more beautiful- if it can I can't imagine it!
I am really having a BALL with two kiddos, now I will admit that I had no idea how interesting it would be to have a newborn and a 2 year old! I didn't say hard, I said interesting. I think it has been pretty easy for the most part and such a JOY to have him finally home!! Gavyn absolutely LOVES and ADORES his baby brother!! Gavyn used to get up in the mornings and come and give us hugs and kisses and would say 'Good morning!' Now the only one that gets hugs, kisses, and a 'Good morning' is his little brother Joshua. As soon as he wakes up he rushes in to Joshua's room and says 'Good morning Brother, I love you!' It is the cutest, most sweetest thing EVER!!! And throughout the day Gavyn has to check on his brother and will just watch him for a few minutes to make sure he is ok. He will let us know if the baby cries and tells us to fix it. It is absolutely precious beyond words watching Gavyn love his brother!! I never in a million years imagined him taking to this so well, but he is doing better than I ever thought he would. He is the BEST BIG BROTHER, and they are so lucky to have each other!!!
We were so lucky to have such a good baby with Gavyn, I didn't think we would get lucky twice, but Joshua is the BEST baby! He doesn't sleep at night too much, but he will lay in his bed all night long and not make a peep unless he is hungry. Which right now I am having to wake up twice in the night to eat because the dr.'s have him on such a strict schedule!!!
Speaking of Dr.'s I took him in for his check-up on Monday and he weighs 7lbs 1oz and is 19 ¾ in. long!! Pretty good for a 3 month old preemie who has been starved most of his life! We do have to take him back on Monday because they have to watch his weight closely and weigh him every week. Also Joshua has a low thyroid and a high Billy ribbon, so he has to have blood work done to make sure those are getting better! We will see all of the specialist the week after next, and hopefully they all have good things to say! Other than that, he is doing GREAT!! Still trying to pump like crazy and Supplemental feed to get my milk in. We are all adjusting well and having THE TIME OF OUR LIVES with our little family!
Michael has really pitched in and helped me more with this one then he did with Gavyn. He comes straight home from work and takes both his boys the rest of the evening. It really gives me a nice break, although, most of the time all I want to do is hang out with them but at least if I need to have a break I get it.

Here is my origional email post with pictures!

Life can't get much better than this.... :)

As most of you know, we got to bring little Joshua home on Thursday night last week and it has just been amazing having him apart of our family at home! I feel absolutely blessed to have 2 awesome little boys, and a husband that takes on 90% of the load!I have the 3 most Wonderful Men in my life- I feel like the luckiest woman in the World!!! Life couldn't get more beautiful- if it can I can't imagine it!

I am really having a BALL with two kiddos, now I will admit that I had no idea how interesting it would be to have a newborn and a 2 year old! I didn't say hard, I said interesting. I think it has been pretty easy for the most part and such a JOY to have him finally home!! Gavyn absolutely LOVES and ADORES his baby brother!! Gavyn used to get up in the mornings and come and give us hugs and kisses and would say 'Good morning!' Now the only one that gets hugs, kisses, and a 'Good morning' is his little brother Joshua. As soon as he wakes up he rushes in to Joshua's room and says 'Good morning Brother, I love you!' It is the cutest, most sweetest thing EVER!!! And throughout the day Gavyn has to check on his brother and will just watch him for a few minutes to make sure he is ok. He will let us know if the baby cries and tells us to fix it. It is absolutely precious beyond words watching Gavyn love his brother!! I never in a million years imagined him taking to this so well, but he is doing better than I ever thought he would. He is the BEST BIG BROTHER, and they are so lucky to have each other!!!

We were so lucky to have such a good baby with Gavyn, I didn't think we would get lucky twice, but Joshua is the BEST baby! He doesn't sleep at night too much, but he will lay in his bed all night long and not make a peep unless he is hungry. Which right now I am having to wake up twice in the night to eat because the dr.'s have him on such a strict schedule!!!

Speaking of Dr.'s I took him in for his check-up on Monday and he weighs 7lbs 1oz and is 19 ¾ in. long!! Pretty good for a 3 month old preemie who has been starved most of his life! We do have to take him back on Monday because they have to watch his weight closely and weigh him every week. Also Joshua has a low thyroid and a high Billy ribbon, so he has to have blood work done to make sure those are getting better! We will see all of the specialist the week after next, and hopefully they all have good things to say! Other than that, he is doing GREAT!! Still trying to pump like crazy and Supplemental feed to get my milk in. We are all adjusting well and having THE TIME OF OUR LIVES with our little family!

Michael has really pitched in and helped me more with this one then he did with Gavyn. He comes straight home from work and takes both his boys the rest of the evening. It really gives me a nice break, although, most of the time all I want to do is hang out with them but at least if I need to have a break I get it.

Here are some pics of his 1^st couple of days at home! Enjoy!!

This was taken when we roomed in at the hospital.

Gavyn is so interested in Joshua's hands and feet!

1st time in a car seat :)

As soon as we got home we introduced him to his bed, and he absolutely LOVES it!

We really couldn't keep Gavyn away from him for the 1st 24 hours! It was so cute!!

1st night at home :)

We gave him his 1st real bath, and he hated it!! Screamed until we had him bundled up again :) But this is a pic of is his BEAUTIFUL curls!

This was taken yesterday :)

I take the boys on a walk every day since it is my only way to get out of the house right now! Thank God they both LOVE WALKS!

We layed him on the floor last night and he rolled over for the 1st time! I think he scared himself because he started screaming afterward and wouldn't do it again :) so cute!