Jayven's first two days of life

                    

We get to go visit Jayven up in the NICU whenever we want. We just have to sign in and out and sanitize our hands really good before we go in. The first day he was hooked up to all these things and had this annoying mask on his face. So we couldn't see how cute his tiny face was very well. We got to hold him for the first time yesterday. He's so quiet and will occasionally make tiny little squeaky noises.

   

He looks so little in his daddy's arms. When we first held him and talked to him he kept trying to open his eyes and kept moving his head around like hey those voices sound familiar. That's mommy and daddy! 

   

   

                             

This is where I've been spending most of my time. In this comfy hospital bed. Haha. The first day for me has been very difficult to move. Even with pain meds it hurts a lot to get up and down. Jordan had to help me get up whenever I needed to. And he pushed me in the wheelchair up to the NICU all day yesterday. 

    

                                  

I think Jayven was already so squished in my belly because every time we try to put his little legs into the blanket it kept ending up sprawled out like this. Every time we would come up this is exactly what he looked like. All relaxed with his tiny leg hanging out. And that tiny little foot seriously looks exactly like Jordan's foot. Haha.

   

Today, day two, he got to have his mask off and IV out. He has been doing great all day with out it. So we finally got to see the full extent of his adorable face. And from what we can tell so far I might actually have a child who looks like me!

                             

                            

We can just stare at his little face all day long. Which is pretty much what we've been doing.

                          

Another thing we got to do today was try breast feeding. Because he is early we know that he might have a little trouble at first. Our first attempt was pretty successful. After he got mad at first he latched right on with a little help from the lactation consultant. We tried a couple more times but he has been so exhausted that its been hard to keep him awake long enough. I think he's just enjoying snuggling mommy so much that he gets too comfy and falls asleep. Of course we will keep working at it until he gets it. In the mean time we will just keep practicing and pumping so he gets my breast milk.