A short hospital stay

Our hospital stay was quick and easy. I had decided that we had enough recent experience with hospital overnights that we would go home as soon as we could. The nurses had me sitting up in bed around 3 a.m. after my surgery. By Tuesday, I was walking and by Wednesday, I was out of my pajamas and dressed for the day and in one of the sitting areas playing Mah Jongg with Grammylou, Aunt Summer and Robin.

Harper was strong and healthy from the start and immediately took to nursing. Robin and I kept her in our room Monday and Tuesday nights. We were both running on empty by Wednesday night, so we thought we would get more sleep by sending her to the nursery. We couldn't have been more wrong! It hurt to be away from her. I woke up every time I heard a baby cry and couldn't wait for her to come in to nurse. Eventually, I had her stay in the room so I could relax and get some much needed rest.

Since I had a cesarean birth, we had the option of staying in the hospital until Friday. However, all three of us were a little stir crazy and eager to spend comfortable home time with Grammy Lou, Pops and Aunt Summer, so we opted to go home Thursday afternoon.

We had a few special friends visit the hospital. I was a little distracted and neglected to take pictures of everybody who stopped by, but we have a few pictures from our stay...

Grammylou meets her first granddaughter for the very first time.

Grammylou is a speech pathologist and enjoyed observing Harper's hearing test, which she passed beautifully.

Aunt Summer immediately bonded with Harper

Our friend Roger Ellison was in town for meetings and stopped by the hospital to meet Harper. Roger is a very special family friend. He and his wife, Linda, read a passage during our wedding.

Dachelle and Grammylou went to college together and Dachelle has since become part of my extended family. Her grandson, Jack, was intrigued by Harper's pink teeth!