The Hale's: Kyrsten is a Week Old

First Family Picture

So much has happened in Kyrsten's first week. We stayed at the hospital for two nights and went home on Friday, April 30th, Mike's birthday. We had a few visitors at the hospital:

Not Pictured: Pastor Jeff and his Wife Tawni and one of their daughter's Reagan/ Associate Pastor Tim and his wife Livy

Grandma Renee'

Papa Dan & Auntie Chris

Great Grandma Yvonne

Good friend Kim

One of my Best Friends Michelle

Going Home from the Hospital

That afternoon Bonnie one our good friends brought over Taco Time for lunch. That was a nice surprise! Thanks Bonnie!

Later that night we had the Lont family over and they brought delicious Chicken Enchilada's and a beautiful Pink cake for Kyrsten and for Mike's Birthday. That was very sweet of them! Thank you guys again!

The next day which was Saturday, May 1st we had to take Kyrsten in to the hospital and clinic to get her Billy Reuben checked and to just have a basic check up. Come to find out her Billy Reuben count for jaundice went up from a 9 to a 16 over night. It was pretty scary for new parents like us. We had to leave her at the hospital over night and that was so not easy for me. I of course cried the whole way home. I did not want to leave my baby at the hospital. I called several times that night to check on her. We were lucky that we had such a nice nurse that was in charge of her that night. She was very understanding of me and my emotions.
I guess it is pretty common for babies that are breastfed. My milk didn't come in for four days after she was born. So poor baby girl was dehydrated. She had to be hooked up to an IV and put under the bright lights. But she bounced back fast and was only in the hospital for one night.
I wanted to get a picture of her under the lights but by the time I realized I could do it it was too late. So I got a picture of her big feet.

My milk came in the day that we got to bring her home and she is doing just fabulous and we LOVE having her home!!
We had other visitors during the week until her first week birthday.

Great Friends Shaun and Courtney DeYager