One Week Ago

It is hard to imagine that it was only a week ago that I was praying for sweet relief and wondering what in the heck I had gotten myself into. But a week it has been, and to be honest a great week at that with only a couple of exceptions.

Case is doing marvelous. He took right to nursing (thank heavens) and sleeps really well. He is pretty mild mannered and can sleep right through all the chaos...which brings me to the only difficult part of the week...a sick and tired Jack.

Case looks a lot like Jack and so I decided to try to duplicate Jack's first week picture with Case and then show them both to you. BUT after I took the pictures I realized that maybe they don't look as much alike as I thought. Oh well, I will still post them both.

Case 1 Week Old

Jack 1 Week Old

Pictures of Case

So we returned home from the hospital yesterday and all has gone very well since then. Of course it only took a few hours until we got the first, "I hate Case" courtesy of Cole. He didn't want to elaborate on that one at the time, but it seemed to be just a moment as both boys have really done well with Case. It also helps to have Rissa's mom here to give some added attention to the boys. After she leaves, Rissa's friend from Washington, Richelle, comes for a couple of weeks. We are not looking forward to how things will be once the extra help ends.

Anyway, the real reason for this post is to finally put up some pictures.

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Case's first minutes of life

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Going home outfit

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Proud momma and her baby ready to go home

Second day of life

Larissa and Case are both doing great. We have enjoyed some visit, including some time with Jack and Cole. Today Jack and Cole even spent some time holding him -- with help, of course. Jack just kept giving Case kisses over and over again. Case has been doing great. He is eating very well and he has been very calm--something we are sure will not last much once we go home. He has been a bit fussier today since he had his circumcision. It happened right before the boys came to visit. Cole asked why he was crying and so I tries to explain. I told him that when boys are born they get some skin cut off of their penis. He looked at me with wide eyes and said, "What?!" I apologize now to Nana for any nightmares that Cole might have tonight.

Case Henry Zitzman

So he is finally here. Larissa and Case are doing great. I will try and add a picture later. He was born at 3:28 pm. He was 8 lbs 9 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Larissa did end up going natural and was a brave little toaster. She is doing great now. We are in our room and waiting for Larissa's mom to bring the brothers to meet him. He has some dark brown hair and looks quite a bit like Jack.

12:30 Update

Baby is here! Well, not ours but a baby is here in the next room over. First baby, lady walked in and baby came right out. Larissa loved hearing that news (the nurse shared this news, not me--I am wiser than that).

She is busy bouncing on the ball to help this little guy drop down. As far as we know she is about a seven. Here is to hoping we are closing in on the end.