2 Weeks Later....

Where does the time go??? Rylan is already 2 weeks old! He had his 2 week check-up yesterday and weighed in at 8 lbs. 13 oz., so he has gained about 10 oz. since birth. He is doing great!
Jaylee, Bretten and Kaysen are adjusting to having a baby in the house and are slowly realizing what that entails. Kaysen has definitely had the hardest time adjusting to it and has had a lot of random emotional meltdowns and is having fun 'testing' mine and Jason's patience! Tonight Kaysen was falling straight back and landing on the cushions of the couch. Jason and I were telling him to stop doing it because he was barely hitting the cushion and we could see an accident waiting to happen. Well, he wanted to show us that he didn't have to listen, so he moved over a few feet and fell straight back! Only now the couch wasn't behind him, so he fell straight back into the wall and his head left a nice dent in the wall and he screamed and cried for a long time. I'm glad he didn't have a concussion, but Man- what a little stinker!
It is definitely chaos with 4 young kids, but we feel so lucky and blessed! I can definitely say that our family feels complete now. I feel like a zombie most days, but I'm surviving. As for the recovery from my c-section, I'm feeling pretty good! Out of the 4 c-sections I've had, this has by far been my easiest and best recovery, which has been a relief. I was so worried about how it was going to go with having my other kids to take care of and driving kids to and from school, getting kids fed, etc., but it has been okay! We've survived and I don't feel like I'm going crazy yet, so I think that's about all I can ask for! :) My house is in definite need of cleaning and tlc, Jason and I could definitely use some more sleep, and I would like to get to the point that I'm getting dressed and ready more than every other day, but for now, that is our life and it is GREAT!
Anyways, here are a bunch of random pictures from the last couple of weeks! Enjoy!

Announcing the Arrival....

We went into the hospital at 6:00 AM on Monday, Dec. 29th for my scheduled c-section. I of course was nervous, but everything went great! The doctor did a great job with my c-section and our baby boy had no problems making his way into the world. We decided to name him Rylan James Morrell! He weighed 8 lbs. 2.4 oz. and was 20 inches long. He has LOTS of thick dark hair and is so CUTE!
The first day in the hospital was pretty rough for me. I've never had such bad reactions to the spinal block and other medicinces they gave me. My blood pressure always drops really fast with the spinal block, and even though I warned them, they weren't prepared fast enough because those first minutes I just felt like I was gonna die and I can't move and I'm dry heaving, etc. Not fun! After those few minutes though, I was feeling great and before I knew it, I could hear our baby crying. Jason and the baby left to the nursery while I finished up my surgery and recovery session. That is always the worse part...just sitting there alone (well, with the doctors and nurses) wondering how everything is going with the baby. After the surgery, I was extremely drousy and itchy all over from the pain meds. I also was very nauseous and had a few throwing-up episodes, which has never happened to me. The next day, I felt great though and got up pretty easily. It hasn't been a very painful recovery at all and I'm very grateful for that. I got to go home on Wednesday early afternoon and was glad to be able to go home and recover in my own home, where I can actually get some rest!
Rylan was a pretty vocal baby for the first day, but has been a quiet squeaker ever since! The first day, he kept making noises with every breath he was taking and that made us nervous (because that is how Kaysen was before they found out he had a collapsed lung), so we had them keep checking him and they assured us he was fine, which he was! Rylan's cry is quite funny..he sounds like a hurt puppy or something, so it wakes us up pretty easily! He has been a good baby so far and sleeps A LOT! The kids keep asking, "Is baby Rylan okay?". It's kind of funny. They've been really cute about having him home, but I can tell it's also taken it's tole on them! Especially Kaysen! He is no longer the baby! We were lucky to have my Mom here for almost a whole week. She came on Sunday evening and left on Friday, so she was able to stay with our kids and they loved having Grandma here. When I came home, she was so good to take them upstairs so I could rest and continue to recover. She also cooked us some great food and kept my house so nice! Thanks a million Mom! You truly are a live saver!!!
Jason had to take a week of vacation time off from work, but at least he was able to be with me the whole week. He has been great and I'm so lucky to have him! :)
Anyways, that is our update for now! I can tell I'm going to be one busy momma when school starts back up and I have to have Jaylee and Bretten back on their schedules, but I'm sure we'll manage! 4 kids is gonna be a crazy adventure!!!


Welcome to the world little guy!


Rylan's last day in the hospital!...Ready to go home!


Mom and Rylan ready to go home!


Daddy burping Rylan


So precious and sweet! Day 2


Mom and Rylan


Jaylee and Bretten were so excited to have us home!


Cute Little Rylan


Jaylee loves having a new baby brother!


Rylan was starting to look a little bit yellow, so we had him lay in the sun for a little while today. Day 5


Little Rylan in his baby swing! Day 6