Owen had his first doctor appointment on Wednesday. He is doing well. As all babies do after birth, Owen lost weight and weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. when we discharged from the hospital on 8/7. As of Wednesday 8/13, Owen has gained all of his weight back and more, weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 oz.!! Owen was showing some signs of jaundice so he had some blood work done to check his bilirubin levels. Turns out Owen's bilirubin count was a bit elevated. But upon a second blood test on Friday 8/15, the count has gone down. So we have just been instructed to keep an eye on him. Typically once the bilirubin count starts to decline it does not increase again. The doctor also told us that jaundice is common in breast fed babies. So, no worries! We are all doing well. Owen is such a good baby. He wakes up every two hours during the day to eat and between 2-3 hours at night. Once he is fed at night he usually goes right back to sleep.
Taylor is adjusting well. She loves her little brother very much and is eager to help out. To give her some "Daddy time" we took her to NASCAR Speed park to play video games with Jason. She had a blast. I included some pics from the trip. Owen slept the entire time even though it was extremely noisy.
I also included some photos of Taylor singing in her bedroom. She likes to put her Hannah Montana or Jonas Brothers CDs on and lip-sync to the songs. She pretends she is putting on a concert- it is too cute!
Taylor's legs weren't quite long enough to reach the pedals.
Daddy and Owen taking a nap- how sweet!
Tay in her "I'm the Big Sister" T-Shirt
Tay at her "concert"
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