Jackson meets Maggie

Autumn and Jackson were released from the hospital yesterday around 1 pm. The doctors were monitoring Jackson's blood sugar levels and Mom's iron levels. We were starting to get cabin fever. Kaiser did a great job through the whole pregnancy, not just the labor. We had several nurses and mid-wives that had their eyes on us the whole time. It really made things easier knowing that.

While in the hospital we were learning how to take care of Jackson. It was trying at best. I had several moments of "Oh, that is my kid crying". I have probably said this a million times already, but there is no reading material that helps you understand the commitment to having a baby. Before Autumn went in labor, I thought we were going to be great parents, instantly. It has been amazing and frustrating and Jackson is only 60 hours old. Cant wait to see where today takes us in this journey.

As I was saying, we got to bring Jackson home to Maggie. My mother and Grandma were kind enough to help us out with her. If you know Autumn and I, you probably know how important Maggie (our dog) is to us. We have talked about this coming home moment for about 6 months now. We wondered how Maggie would accept or not accept Jackson. Maggie came through. She smelled him for about 1 minute straight, and that gave him a bunch of licks on his hands. A couple of hours later, Autumn was sitting with Jackson on the floor and Maggie layed her head on Jackson's stomach like she would do to us. That was awesome.

Last night was the best so far. Jackson is eating wonderfully and Autumn's boobs, I mean milk, has arrived. Autumn is feeding, Dad is changing diapers and putting him down to sleep. He gets a little fussy sleeping in his crib at night, but nothing we cant handle. I feel lucky to get the sleep we have gotten so far, but i am still tired

we have a ton of pictures already. I will try to get Autumn to update her Flickr account in case you want to see more.