Braden and Emma meet Alex

Braden and Emma finally got to meet their little brother Alex today!  And boy were they excited.  Although you can’t tell Emma’s excited from the picture.  Alex was wide awake and checking them out too, which was very fun.  Braden asked if he could touch him.  So we did him one better and let him hold him.  He did very well and was quite happy with it!  He’s really going to be a great big brother. 

Alex is doing well today.  His billirubin levels are down to 8.5 from 10.5 yesterday.  So the light therapy is really helping.  He lost another 2 ounces, but that’s fairly typical, especially when fighting off jaundice.  We still don’t know when he’ll be joining us at home, but the important thing is that he’s ready to come home and is safe.

We have a fun time trying to wake him up this morning for a feeding.  We stripped him down to his diaper, tickled him, talked to him… nothing worked.  But he ate anyway, even though he was really still asleep.  Of course, right after he ate, he woke up and was very alert.  I just hope he sleeps as well at home!

As usual, there are more pictures on our photo site here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Scott.Kathie.Ehlke/AlexBirth?feat=directlink