Our first trip to Wal-Mart with Ella was a COMPLETE success! She slept the whole time! We saw a few people from church and they were all honored to get a glimpse of our new daughter!
Jess is doing MUCH better today – she is still in constant pain from the major surgery she underwent, but the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be getting closer!
Ella is also doing very well – she is sleeping during the night for 4-5 hours in a row! That’s INCREDIBLE! When she does wake up, she feeds for under an hour and then goes back to sleep again!
The Lord is truly blessing our humble family with a good baby!
I’m pretty sure this one is going to be a classic – Ella “checking her watch” as she is being talked to by a Pastor – Rev. Bill Kinnan (our current interim at Warsaw Wesleyan.)
Today we’re heading out with Ella. Yep – we’re going shopping. Not quite sure how it will go, but we’re giving it a shot!
Tonight Dad Garrett is coming to town to take Mom Garrett out for their Anniversary (today!) dinner!
Ella’s first Doctor’s Appointment is scheduled for Thursday afternoon this week. Her doctor is Dr. Pitts – who we have ONLY heard amazing things about and who, when we finally met him at the hospital, was VERY outspoken about his love for the Lord!
I e-mailed Jess’ school district with the birth details for them to announce in their bi-weekly newsletter. I also e-mailed the Alumni office of IWU and gave them the details (and a photo) – if you get the Triangle (IWU’s alumni magazine) you may soon be seeing our daughter in print!
As I type this, Ella is freshly fed and changed and is swinging to her heart’s content. She is actually asleep being rocked by 4 “D” batteries in her Graco swing!
Tonight I chatted with my newly father-hooded cousin, Brock (Reagan was born 3.5 months ago). It was great to talk to someone with some newborn experience this close together! When I asked if he had seen pictures, he said, “Yes, I’ve seen Yella’ Ella!”
Funny.
Ella’s bilirubin level today (blood taken before noon) was aleady down to 14.4! (It was up over 17 yesterday – and was at 15.4 when we left the hospital on Wednesday)
Thank you for joining us in prayer!
Jess is doing remarkably well. We are without a doubt OVERWHELMINGLY blessed to have the support of both sets of parents. Mom Garrett has been here since Thursday morning and has been an overwhelming support. Tonight she and I will take “shifts” at bringing “hungry Ella” to Momma – after last night, where she allowed me to be sleep while SHE took care of Ella and Jess! Now that I’m a bit “caught up”, I can’t wait for my “new job”! (I will still be suplementing my sleep with a bit of Tylenol PM)
Tonight we finally took the time to give Ella her first “real” bath! Sure we can’t yet sit her in the sink and use the sprayer and such, but we put her on the towel next to the sink and I used my fatherhood skills (and the knowledge from watching the hospital video on bathing your child) and washed our baby Ella for the first time! It was awesome –
Check out my pink baby!
almost done!
drying off
Finishing touch – a kiss from Mommy and Daddy
More photos of tonight’s bath and some visitors, too, are available here.
Tonight, Ella also enjoyed her first-ever game of “thumb wrestling” with her Grandpa Sheets. Enjoy these two videos –
