Since then we have enjoyed plenty of time at home to bond with our new baby boy, while our parents, who have been visiting from RI and MI, have been taking care of all the other household items. We are so thankful to Grandma and Papa Bacheler, and Nannie and Grandpa Daley for all the help! We also celebrated my 33rd birthday on Sept. 15. It's been many, many years since I celebrated a birthday with my parents in person - we feasted on lobster pasta salad, pad Thai noodles, and a delicious raspberry-almond cheesecake.
I almost hesitate to say what a dream baby Owen has been so far, for fear that by writing it down, I'll change the future. But for the past two nights, he's slept for 5 or 6 hours at a time, and has taken to feeding like a champ - been putting on 2.5 oz every two days for the past week. The only "issue" we've had to deal with so far is that he was on a bilirubin light treatment blanket for 5 days, which meant keeping him connected to a light pad all hours of the day. During this time, he earned the nickname "Owey-Joey, the Green Bay glo-bug", which I have already shortened to just "glo-bug". But his levels were down enough yesterday that he was able to end the treatment and we are glad to have him back w/o the green glow of the light pad (though the nickname may just stick!).Owen makes all sorts of funny facial expressions, when he's not sleeping (which is most of the time). He's already far too long for a lot of the newborn clothes we've acquired as hand-me-downs. I suspect we'll be pushing the age-limits on clothes for many years to come!
(many more photos on our Facebook pages for those interested....)
