Update on Baby Carter

Life with baby Carter is so wonderful! We are all adjusting really well, and it is amazing how refreshing an hour or two of sleep is these days! : ) The day we were discharged from the hospital, we found out that Carter is slightly jaundice, so we've had to take him back to the doctor 3 times now and have his bilirubin level checked. It has been going down slowly, but they still want to check it again this next week. Other than that, he is doing great! He is such a sweet baby- we just love snuggling with him and giving him lots of hugs and kisses! He smiles a lot when he sleeps and has the cutest dimple in his left cheek! : ) I was holding him last week and he smiled so big...it was so precious, it made me cry! Matt & I both had a lot of hair when we were born, but we are still amazed at how much hair Carter has...he needed a haircut from day 1. He also had newborn pedestal pictures made at Morrison Photography last week...he was so cute! He had a little accident on the pedestal, but other than that did great! : )
I'm feeling really good now too! My recovery was so much worse than labor...I tore a little during the labor and had to get a few stitches. I was in so much pain for almost a week afterwards. Matt even had to take me to the emergency room the night before Thanksgiving because it was so bad. They gave me medicine with Codeine in it, which made me nauseous and gave me the worst headache ever, so I ended up just taking Motrin. Luckily, the pain went away soon afterwards.
Matt had to work a couple days last week and then will be working this week, but after that he'll be off until New Years...yeah!!! My mom has helped us out tremendously...she is great with babies and is always willing to come over and help us take care of Carter so we can take a nap or run errands! Meredith is finally getting over her cold, so her & Shanda came over last week and spent time with us too...we had so much fun!
Matt & I love Carter so much and we are so proud of him! We can't wait to keep you updated on how he's doing! Gotta run...my precious baby is starting to wake up now! : )