More Violet!

Violet is now 12 days old. She's doing great and is a sweet baby. Here are some pictures that we took earlier today. Porter and Elias are good big brothers. They both try to help with the baby, and Eli loves to hold her (even though it is pretty scary.) Porter was facinated that her cord fell off today. He called the cord a 'hose'. We're happy that she's here.

Almost out of the NICU

This last week has been completely crazy! The birth of Violet was great - the boys totally love her and are great helpers. The dr. at the hospital told us we needed to have Violet checked right away because her jaundice levels were a little high when we checked out of the hospital. We had her checked again on Thursday and her pediatrician wanted her checked again on Friday. Well, on Friday after she was checked we got a call saying she had to be admitted to the hospital. It has been a few stressful days but we just got a call with the great news - she gets to come home in about an hour. The NICU is closed for a shift change from 6:30-8:30 so I came home to help with the boys - and shortly after I got home they called and said we can pick her up at 8:00 tonight. We can't wait to have her home again!

Violet Marie Smith

Violet Marie was born on Monday January 5th, 2009. She was 6 lbs 14 oz and was 20 inches long. Heidi and Violet are now home and are doing well. -Bo