The Great Egg Hunt

A few pictures of the kids hunting eggs. Sarah was more interested in playing on the slide since she finally figured out how to climb it herself and Drew was running around the yard so fast I didn't get many pictures of him. After seeing Drew with a basket full of eggs Sarah finally decided that she would go pick up her eggs with a little help from Grandmommy.


The Easter Bunny had one last surprise for the kids - new sand for the sand box. We had gotten rid of the yucky old sand the weekend before so they were very happy to have a sandbox they could play in again. Maybe now we will be better at getting the lid back on the sandbox when they are done playing!

Easter Buckets - My kids are spoiled!

Still trying to slowly get caught up with posting pictures. Here are the kids looking at the stuff in their Easter buckets. This year they were extra spoiled by having Grandmommy down here over Easter so they each got two buckets of goodies from the Easter Bunny!

Sarah's Buckets

Drew's Buckets

Drew's first look at his buckets

Sarah checking out her buckets

Trying to figure out what to grab first

Too much stuff - He can't decide what to look at first

Who cares about the baby bottle Grandmommy - I want CANDY!

Drew decided it was his turn to feed the duck

Easter Eggs!

This year was the first time that we let Drew dye Easter eggs. He had a great time and thought it was so cool that the eggs changed colors. Sarah wasn't too happy that she didn't get to join in the fun, but I really didn't want colored water thrown all over the kitchen!

Sarah checking out the eggs before we started

April 12th - Easter and a great day for Ryan

Since it was Easter we decided to stay home in the morning and try to keep things more normal for Drew and Sarah. (I have pictures of them from Easter that will get posted in a later post) Around 9 I called into the NICU to find out how Ryan did overnight and how his morning was going. His nurse told me that he did great overnight and that by 8 am his breathing was slow enough that he was allowed to have his first bottle! He took a 15 ml bottle without any problems and they were able to turn off his oxygen.

We made it to the NICU in time for his bottle at noon and I got to feed him. For that feeding they upped his bottle to 30 ml (1 ounce) He sucked that bottle down and was looking for more.

Mommy feeding him his bottle

Content after getting a full belly

At his 4 pm care time we decided to take Drew into the NICU to see Ryan. He had been begging to see him everytime we left the house. Drew was so well behaved that he got to stay past the normal 15 mintues that siblings are allowed once a day. He got to talk to Ryan, watch us change Ryan's diaper, and watch him get a bottle.


Ryan was also started on phototherapy that afternoon since his bilirubin level was getting high. Drew thought it was really funny that Ryan was wearing sunglasses and wanted to take lots of pictures of him.

Drew took this picture of Ryan

At his 8 pm care time Ryan was awake and waiting for us when we got there. We got to hear him cry for the first time since the delivery room. That night we got to hold Ryan while he took his bottle. It was so nice to get to cuddle my baby again. I held him and gave him his bottle and then let Eric take a turn holding him. It was the first time since the delivery room that Eric got to hold Ryan.

No more tubes or stickers on my face!