2 weeks? TWO WEEKS?! Has it really been an entire two weeks since my last post? All I can say is these past few weeks have flown by in a blur of bottles, laundry, cleaning and more cleaning. Who knew that the addition of one teeny, tiny little person would make a MOUNTAIN of laundry the likes of which our house has never seen before. Holy cow, I've done a lot of laundry!

Now on with the pictures and recap of Audrey's big debut.

Audrey in the NICU



Audrey spent two and a half days in the NICU. It was a tense and scary time for all of us while the doctors monitored her breathing. Thankfully, the pneumothorax healed quickly and she was finally taken off the oxygen. She even got to spend one night in my room at the hospital. FINALLY! Now I remember...THIS is how this is supposed to go! We were up often that night but I didn't care. I was just so grateful to finally have my sweet baby with me where she belongs.

Mama and Audrey



Easton seems excited about Audrey (he calls her Auga, Augie, Sis or Sissy). He does have times where he isn't quite sure what to think and gets a little jealous but mostly he thinks she's pretty neat.

Easton points to Audrey and says "sis".






Audrey and I are finally released on the third day in the hospital. I'm so happy she gets to come home with us! After the stay in the NICU, we weren't sure if that would happen or not. Thankfully, she is given a clean bill of health and her neonatologist releases her just in time to go home with me.

Waiting to go home



My sweet girl



Jason and Audrey getting ready for the ride home



Easton and Sis in the back seat.



This would prove to be an eventful first car ride together. Easton kicked Audrey's car seat the entire 20 minute ride home. Oh boy! The craziness has already begun.

Home Sweet Home



My mom and Easton decorated our house to welcome us home. What a beautiful place to come home to! :) Thanks, Mom!





Finally! It's is so nice to be home! All four of us at home where we belong.





And the dryer just buzzed. Gotta fold laundry while the kids are asleep. To be continued...

I have been staring at my blank "create post" screen, watching the cursor just blink and blink waiting for me to start typing and wondering where in the world do I start typing all that has gone on in the last 18 days. Guess I'll try to start at the beginning and see how far I get before one of my little sweeties needs their mama. I predict it won't be long.

Thursday, May 28th. We got up early and I double-checked my bags and added some last minute things. Mom took a few last minute pictures so we could remember this day.

Look at that belly!


The Edgar family - before we met Audrey


Checking in at labor and delivery


Giving Easton a kiss before surgery. He looks so serious here! Like he knows his world is about to be turned upside down.


Daddy and Easton look in the nursery window to meet the newest member of our family.

Audrey getting measured.

After she'd been measured and weighed in the nursery, doctors listened to her lungs and discovered a pneumothorax. (Air between the lungs and the chest wall.) This meant she'd have to go straight to the NICU.



My first glimpse of my sweet baby girl, Audrey. In the NICU under the oxygen tent. This was such a surreal time for us all. It was hard to believe I'd really actually just had a baby since I couldn't hold her right away. I knew she was being well taken care of though and wanted her to be in the NICU where she could receive the extra special attention she needed.



I finally get to hold Audrey 21 hours after she was born.




Audrey Grace Edgar



Proud Daddy gets to hold Audrey

More as soon as I can find time. I promise I'll have lots more pictures then too. Gotta go for now. My babies need me. :)

We've got company right now so this is all I can do. This one's for you, Jen. :)



P.S. If you're on Facebook, I've got a lot more pics there.

We're in the process of getting our new computer set up. Looks like it might be a while before I can do a real post. But I've got LOTS of good stuff to blog about when I can. :)

Audrey,
Tomorrow is the big day, little one! I can't wait to see you!
Happy birthday to you!
Love,
Mama

Easton,
Tomorrow you will be 19 months old. And tomorrow we get to meet your sister for the first time. I know you will be a great big brother and will be excited to see this "Nie nie" (your word for baby-we have no idea where that came from). Your Nana is here to help take care of you and I know you two will have a fun time together. Mama will miss you very much while I'm in the hospital but remember what we say around here...I might have to go away but I will always come back. I love you, my sweet, funny boy!
Love,
Mama
P.S. Don't give Nana a hard time, OK? I'm not too worried about that though. You are usually a very easy going boy and not a bit of trouble. Don't start now, OK? :)

Tomorrow is the big day! I have to be at the hospital at 9:45 and my surgery is scheduled for 11:45. I am only a little nervous and a whole lot excited. Nervous about it being surgery and having just filled out all that scary sounding paperwork at the doctor's office today. Do I want a blood transfusion in case of an emergency? Um YES but that sure is a good way to make you nervous about surgery! I know they have to do that but it's still hard on your nerves. I'm really excited to get to meet Audrey tomorrow and especially to see Easton get to meet her for the first time. I'll probably be in the hospital til Sunday and will post as soon as I'm feeling up to it. Wish me luck! :)

We now have a full freezer. Both our inside freezer and the deep freeze are F-U-L-L! Jason and I spent all day yesterday cooking. We made breakfast burritos, bean and beef burritos, 7 mini loaf pans of lasagna, and 2 kinds of calzones. I tried to think of things that would be easy and quick. The burritos and calzones will be great for Jason to pack in his lunch for work and the lasagna is my tricky, sneak-in-the-veggies lasagna that everyone around here loves. It feels good knowing we won't have to worry about cooking for a while.

Today we planted two kinds of tomatoes, green peppers, jalapenos, cucumbers, basil, cilantro and lavender in pots to keep on our deck. I did most of the work sitting down in a lawn chair to hopefully keep Miss Audrey from coming early. I've really kind of overdone it the past three days, even though I promised myself I'd take it easy. It's hard to just sit around when I see all this stuff that needs to be done.

Tomorrow Easton and I are going to a cookout that our neighbors invited us to. Jason has to work so it will just be Easton and me but I'm really looking forward to getting to know our neighbors a little better.

Jason's Camaro is on a trailer and on it's way to our house. I'm really excited about FINALLY having it here in WV with us. I can't wait to see Easton and his Daddy working on the car together when E gets a little bit bigger. :)

And that's about it for us. Tomorrow I'm taking it easy and not doing a darn thing. Really. I promise! I'm totally grossed out by my hugely swollen feet right now so I think I'm going to put them up and watch a movie. Posting here may be sporadic at best in the upcoming weeks but I'll try to update here if anything exciting happens. Look for Jason to do a post here (maybe even with pictures) when we finally get to meet Audrey.

This is what happens when we leave cups unattended in our house:

One of Easton's favorite things to do is stack things. Here he is building a tower of spices while I was busy cooking dinner. Pretty nice way to have him occupied while I'm busy! :)

Still waiting to meet Miss Audrey. In the meantime though, I've been busy. Busy resting and playing with Easton. Sometimes I do get a little crazy and run a bunch of errands or whatever but mostly I'm just hanging out at home. This weekend I'm planning to cook a bunch of meals that can be frozen and reheated so that I won't have to worry about what's for dinner when I'm taking care of 2 little ones and recovering from surgery. I think I'll recruit Jason to help me in the kitchen this weekend. Boy, won't he be thrilled?! Well, actually he might not mind too much since if I don't cook later, he'll be the one left doing it.

I'm really excited about having company soon. I pick my mom up next Tuesday. Then I've got my pre-op appointment on Wednesday and have the baby on Thursday. If all goes well, I should be home Sunday or Monday and should just be able to relax and get adjusted to having a new little one around the house. I'm glad all of our big projects are done so that we can all just focus on taking care of Miss Audrey and Mr. Easton. Then after my mom leaves, Jason's mom is coming for a while. Yippee! Boy, Easton won't know what to do with getting to see his Nana AND his Nanny and Papa Kyle so close together! We can't wait!

We've been having fun around here lately and here are the pictures to prove it:

In his "mimming poo" (swimming pool) - I tried to get him to wear a hat or sunglasses to keep the sun out of his eyes but he wanted no part of either one of those.


Easton in his wagon - Again a squinty-eyed picture because he won't wear a hat.


With his new mower - Easton likes to mow with his mower just like Daddy's.


Battle scars - I cannot keep this boy from getting all scraped up! I know he's a toddler and that's gonna happen but ouch! This one came from a run-in with the concrete while we were on a walk. Guess I'll just have to get his 18 month pictures made while he's all scraped up. I keep trying to wait until his wounds have all healed but then he gets another one before the last bruise or scrape is gone!