Oh, the people you will meet...

Bubba's been busy since he came home meeting all of his family and friends. Today Aunt Sandy and Livi stopped by, Poppy brought Maddie over (and Katie went with them for a sleepover at Poppy's house!), and then Aunt Chrissy and Uncle John came over last night (forgot to take pics of their visit though). What a social butterfly!

Aunt Sandy and Bubba

Livi and Katie belting out a tune

Livi's solo

Meanie, lol

Pretty as a princess

Cutie Pie

Maddie and Bubba

Getting in some new baby practice

Ryan's First Bath

We expected Bubba to hate bath time because he's not a big fan of being messed with. He acts like changing his diaper is torture and any time clothes have to go over his head he freaks out. Surprisingly though, he liked the bath. At the end though, he was starting to get chilly so he wasn't too crazy about it. He just wanted a nice warm towel by that point!

Ok, this is not too bad!

Well, I could live without this hair washing part!

I think I'll just take a little snooze

Get me outta here, I'm cold!

Ahhh, warm and snuggly!

Picture Overload

Well, I can't be accused of not posting enough new pictures of Bubba! Here's some more from tonight. :-)

It's A Girl!

No, not Ryan, LOL. Karen and Chris found out today that they're having a girl! :-) Karen is really excited that it's a girl, although a boy would have been nice for Ryan and the new baby since they're only going to be about 5 months apart. Chris and Maddie still need some adjustment time to embrace the news, lol.

Aunt Karen finally gets to hold Bubba

Now she can stop crying, LOL. Aunt Karen and Uncle Chris stopped by after their ultrasound appointment today so that Karen could FINALLY get a chance to meet Ryan without the glass window between them, :-). Uncle Chris decided he'd wait a little longer to hold him but Aunt Karen wasted no time getting to him!

Photo Shoot

Just a couple of pictures I took of Bubba today while we were hanging out, :-). Every time I take his picture I get this wide eyed surprised look. I think the red eye reducer light freaks him out, lol.

Ryan's First Outing

We had to take Ryan to the doctor today for a weight check and follow-up from his NICU discharge so that was his first 'outing'. The doctor said he looks great and we have to bring him back in one week to check his weight and growth again. I meant to take a picture in the office too but forgot...

Guess it really was positive!

Karen, this post is for you since you teased me about the completely acceptable (lol) number of tests I took just to be sure I was really pregnant! And I have to admit, these are not all of the tests, just the ones I saved. Hey, I had to be sure, :-)

Mom-Mom, Pop, & Grandma Visit Today

Mom-Mom and Pop came to visit with Ryan and not long after they left, Grandma came over too. Everyone got a chance to snuggle with him for a while and I'm sure there's a lot more where that came from in store for him, :-).

Mom-Mom rubbing it in to Aunt Karen that she's holding Bubba, LOL

Towel over the shoulder... classic Italian!

Grandma chatting with Bubba
This is how Bubba reacts to getting dressed. It's not pretty, LOL.

Tired

Katie has been so tired this week. She's just about ready for bed when she gets home from school. I guess being a big sister is hard work!

Ryan's First Visitor and Welcome Home 'Party'

Poppy came over tonight to see Bubba so he could finally get the chance to hold him. We also had a little 'Welcome Home' celebration for Bubba. Katie and Joseph made a cake last night and I icing and decorated it because Katie wanted to sing happy birthday to Bubba when he came home. We thought it was a fun idea so we went with it, :-).

Katie and Bubba

We decided not to tell Katie that Bubba was coming home today, figuring if she knew we'd have a hard time getting her to go to school so we could go pick him up. When she walked in the door tonight, I was holding Bubba on the couch. When she saw him, her face lit up and she said "The baby got to come home!!! ... Can I pet him?" LOL

All night, everything was all about "my brother"! We spent the night going over the 'rules', repeatedly, :-). It'll take a little while before Katie understands the things she can and can't do with Bubba. I'm figuring in a few days, he'll be 'old news' once she realizes he doesn't do much more than sleep, eat, cry and poop!

Home Sweet Home

Ryan's First Car Ride

Ryan loved being in the car. He fell fast asleep and stayed that way for a long time after we got home!

Time to go home... :-)

Pictures say a thousand words... :-)

Last NICU picture

Not too happy to be getting dressed

What is going on here???

Ready to go home!

Getting our 'instruction manual' for Ryan