We survived our first night in the hospital, and can’t wait to get home. It’s been an undescribable experience, and we’re enjoying our time getting to know Erica.

We think she’s part piglet. From 9pm to about 2am, she was in a “cluster feeding” mode. E and I were just ready to crash, but Erica was exercising her lungs. I counted about 4+ hours of feeding during that time.

Who does she look like? That seems to be the question on everyone’s mind. Opinions vary greatly. Originally we thought she looked like a cross between Master Yoda, a keebler elf, and an old man. Lester thinks she looks a bit like my Dad (which by extension some would say resembles me)… however we just want to limit her dating, not eliminate them altogether. 🙂

Sleeping in the baby ward is an oxymoron. Babies take turn waking each other up… it’s like a chain reaction. We’re sharing the room with one other mom and baby, so we had crying babies… in stereo.

After falling asleep at around 2am, we were woken up by:

1) Snoring mom we were sharing room with.
2) Her crying baby.
3) Other crying babies.
4) Lactation nurse who woke us up at 6am for a feeding.
5) Plumber who came in at 7:00am.
6) Breakfast call at 7:30. The oatmeal was undescribable. Had to go down and get a triple triple from Timmy Ho’s for E.

So enjoy the pictures. Picture of E was taken on the 15th, and the picture of little e was taken this morning as she was peacfully sleeping.

Our thanks to everyone for keeping us in our thoughts.

Finally, there was one quote from E that I missed yesterday, it’s a keeper. 🙂

“I miss alcohol, but this laughing gas is really good!”