Mailey Part 2

Our next couple of days in the hospital were mostly spent with visitors and family and getting to know our sweet Mailey.

Makenna decided she needed a binky because baby Mailey had one. Silly girl! We have had to remind her the last few times she puts a binky in her mouth that those are for babies not big girls and she will quickly spit it out.

Mailey got to meet many important people in her life, like Auntie Tami. Tami and I have been great friends since we were in middle school.

Loving on Nana!

Makenna playing with her big sister present. She got a toy camera, big sister t-shirt and pj's and a book all about being a big sister. She was mostly excited about her camera.

Beautiful baby girl!

Saturday morning she got to have all of the monitors taken off so she was able to get her footprints done.

Meeting Uncle Aaron

and Auntie Carolyn.

Easter Sunday morning she got her IV taken out and got to have her first soaking bath.

She loved it!

Big sister arrived after church in her beautiful Easter duds compliments of Uncle Mitchie.

Mailey got her going home outfit on. She is so tiny that even her preemie sized outfit was loose on her tiny little body.

Hi Mitchie!

Meeting Great Grandma Helen Gene

Bright eyes!

Nurse Kenna had to take a listen with Christi. She was so funny! Everything that the nurses did she had to do to!

Giving sister loves! I love my little girlies!

Sunday afternoon we were discharged to go home. Our visit was much shorter than expected but it was a pleasant surprise non the less. After spending 4 weeks in a hospital I was happy to get to go back home to my own bed.

Mailey and I went home and enjoyed a quiet afternoon nap together while Nick & Makenna went to my parents for Easter dinner and and for an egg hunt. It's a lot of work to get 4 kids, ages 5,3,2,and 1 to sit still for a picture. Mitchell is such a good uncle. As his Easter present to the kids he got their Easter outfits. The girls looked so pretty and Jared so handsome!

In addition to these pictures I got to see a video of Makenna doing the egg hunt. It was so cute! I'm sad I missed it but at the same time I was really really happy to have a nap!

"Where's an egg?"

"There's a egg!"

She didn't realize the eggs were full of candy until the egg hunt was almost over. Nick said she was SO excited when she realized she got treats too!

After the egg hunt was over the kids blew off some energy playing in the back yard.

While Makenna was gone to the egg hunt, the Easter bunny came to our house. She was so excited that she got a tricycle and a helmet from the Easter bunny!

It was certainly a busy couple of days but filled with lots of joy and love for each other. We are so thankful that our little Mailey joined our family safely. We could have lost her so many times and Heavenly Father watched over her and protected her and we will forever be grateful that God granted this sweet little miracle to us!