Ava's Last Day in the hospital and her homecoming

Ava trying out her swing. Unfortunately her bili blanket kept it from swinging.

All dressed and ready to go home

Our two wonderful children. We might have to move Ava to the side too because Hayden kept trying to steal her blanket.

Our security tags from the hospital. If Ava and I were more than 30 minutes apart it would play a little song when we were brought back together.

Yesterday morning I was given the ok to go home by my doctor and we just had to wait on Ava's pediatrician to see if she could go home too. After meeting with her we were allowed to go home, but she had to go home with a bilirubin blanket. It's a tube that gives off UV light that goes to a hose and then to a pad that either is strapped to her back or belly. It makes her light up like a little glow worm. She has to be on it 24/7 until we get her levels down so it makes feedings difficult since we have to be next to an outlet. Close to 1 pm we were finally given the blanket and we were on our way home after they cut off our security tags. It was really nice to be home. Hayden was really curious about her when we set her down in her car seat. It's really hard to have him stand at my feet with his arms up, but I can't pick him up for 6 weeks. My parents cooked us a nice dinner and then I went to bed shortly after so I could get a head start on some sleep and I definitely needed it. I was up every 1 and half hours to feed her and if she fussed in between Josh got up to check her diaper or soothe her a bit. She gets so sleepy during her feedings that I'm constantly tickling her little feet to get her going again. Today we're headed back up to Springfield to get a check of her levels and hopefully the frequent feedings and the light are helping.