New Years Eve

Edythe and Megan ready for the New Year

Packed in for the ride.

Edythe in her HUGE car seat.

Edythe and Papa in the morning.

Edythe had a big day out to the lab to get a little blood drawn. She woke up for about thirty seconds of the trip. Matt and Megan spent their first time away from Edythe for about two hours while Grandma Mary and Grandma Connie watched her. Now Team Dean is settling in to welcome the new year and all it brings.

Christmas

Falling asleep in Grandpa Larry's arms.

Merry Christmas from Team Dean!

Where's Edythe?

Grandma Connie

Grandpa Larry

Grandma Mary

Christmas Eve off to her first doctor's appointment.

Team Dean's first official Christmas. Edythe is eating and sleeping well and Mama and Papa are getting the whole routine down. The doc said she is doing well and has gained a whole 3 ounces! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Pictures

Ready to make a break for it.

Burrito

Just who the hell are you people?

Kisses for Edythe

These are pictures from when we had the nesting room at the hospital.

The Journey Home

Today was the day Precious Cakes broke out of the hospital. She missed most of it as she slept all the way back home. Content in her HUGE car seat. Some nice firemen let us stop by their station and check the oxygen level in her blood and then it was over the hills and through the woods back home. She blew in on a snow storm two weeks ago and arrived in a snow storm today. She is eating well and adjusting to the new environment. Mama and Papa are glad to be at their home with their daughter to get this whole thing started.

Home for the Holidays.....

yup - I just heard from the Deans that they were headed back home today!

Team Dean Nesting

Team Dean is in a room at the hospital all together.  Papa, Mama and baby.  All is going well and if that continues we will be traveling as a family unit back home tomorrow.  Edythe has done a stellar job of eating and maintaining her body temperature.  She passed her car seat test and had a hearing screen she passed as well.  So as long she does well over the next 20 hours we should be outta here!

Chowing Down

Edythe is on her way to graduating from the hospital.  She is no longer jaundicy and the lights have been removed.  She is starting to eat heartily and is being weened off of the isolet (the incubator type machine).  The hospital might give us another room that we can stay in with Edythe starting tomorrow night.  The next step to getting Precious Cakes back home...