Happy 3rd Birthday Evelyn!

Evelyn celebrated her third birthday yesterday. Here are some photos and videos from the big day!

The week in review

In case you are wondering why there isn't a day 3 of Juliet, followed by day 4 and so on...things took a turn for the insane right around day 3. The short version is that Juliet was losing a lot of weight despite nursing well and became dehydrated. The decision was made that she needed to be transferred to a NICU to get IV fluids and re-hydrate before figuring out what was making her spit up rather than digest the food she was ingesting. The main issue is that the birthing center I delivered at did not have a NICU which meant Juliet got transported to a hospital a half hour away. At first I (Elizabeth) thought it was crazy for all of us to be headed there in the middle of the night before it dawned on me that I couldn't go with her because I wasn't discharged yet. Joshua and I decided that he would go with her and I would stay until being discharged the next day. Worst night of our lives...by far. Juliet arrived at the NICU in the middle of the night Tuesday night and was discharged on Friday afternoon after re-hydrating and slowly doing a good job ingesting and digesting milk. We are thankful to the NICU staff who were great and we are grateful beyond words for my Mom and Joshua's parents and sister Rachel who took care of Sydney and Evelyn so we could focus on being there for Juliet as much as possible, my recovery, and just generally not losing our minds. Juliet is doing much better and had her first well check yesterday. She had gained a little weight back since being discharged from the NICU and will go again on Friday for another weight check to make sure things are moving in the right direction. We are so thankful to have her home with us. Nothing shows you how fragile life is quite like hanging out in a NICU for several days. Once we regained our composure, we started to take pictures again...here are some images from the rest of Juliet's first week of life.

Day 2 of Juliet

Adding more JAM

Introducing Juliet Abigail Munz-born this morning 5-12-2013.  She was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 20.5 inches long.  She is doing well as is Elizabeth, who is recovering from surgery.  Below are some pictures of Sydney and Evelyn's first meeting with their younger sister along with Nana Faucher.

Happy Birthday, Sydney!

Here are some photos of Sydney's birthday so far...note her new look (she cut her hair this weekend and donated it to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths!

Pancake Letters!

Opening a gift from Aunt Lorraine and Uncle George

Playing a duet with Evelyn in her "birthday" dress from Auntie Mame and Uncle Steve

Birthday bike ride

Evelyn soaking it all in

Mini cake

Opening the card and gift from Auntie Kate, Uncle Aaron and Ryan

Checking out the new trucks!

Sydney and Evelyn celebrated their birthdays at school on Monday with artistic fruit salads (that is also where they made their birthday crowns!)