We're parents...

 Just like that. We're about to complete 72 hours at home and we are trying to get the hang of this parenting thing. Emily is making it a bit easier on us because she is feeding, pooping, and peeing as she should be. She is still trying to adjust to sleeping outside of the womb.
Megan and I, along with Nana Ellen's help (couldn't do this without you Mom!), have been taking turns with Emily at night and are working on her sleeping somewhere else than in our arms/laps. Perfecting the swaddling technique has been quite helpful. Our sleep has been minimal but Emily's presence is giving us the energy to make it feel like we've had at least 3-4 hours of sleep. Nana Ellen has also been running errands and cooking for us which has been more helpful than you can imagine! Cooking and even sitting down to eat a meal is the last thing we have energy for right now!

Emily's first car ride went well, mostly because she stayed sleeping for the entire four-block/three minute ride home from the hospital. We've found some comfortable spots for both her and us so we can take care of her in relative comfort.

We had our follow-up at-home visit from a nurse on Saturday and Emily checked out well. But her bilirubin level (jaundice) is still being monitored, so we had to go to the doctor's office today to get some blood drawn. They aren't super concerned, but keeping an eye on things and we are going back tomorrow. While at the doctor's office she screamed the entire time they were drawing blood, but stopped as soon as he was done which was a relief. She then proceeded to need her diaper changed three times while she was getting checked out and we were waiting for the lab results!

She's gained three ounces after her initial, expected weight loss and is now at 6lbs 9.5oz. and eats every 3 hours so that's great. Although that means Mom only gets two hours of sleep at a time at night...yawn!