The Hospital

I know a lot of people can't wait to get out of the hospital, but I kind of liked it.  It was nice to have the nurses checking on us, bringing drinks and snacks, and basically making life easy for everyone.  Everything was pretty smooth other than the first day Luke wouldn't eat which was concerning.  They finally had to put a tube down into his stomach and pulled out some fluid and air, after that he finally started to eat and did better.  Tim stayed with us the entire time and we basically just rested and recovered.  We had several visitors which was so fun, we loved having people come to celebrate his birth.  Mostly we just kept watching the baby in amazement that he was ours.  After a day of him being Baby Boy Whitesides, we finally decided on Luke William Whitesides as his name.  It took months of debate and trying out various names but once we settled on Luke William, it just felt right.

We had lots of visitors,

Not sure how I missed pictures of so many who came to see us.

Ada and Miles love their new cousin.

Jenn, Cory and Calvin

Grandma and Grandpa Whitesides

Brothers

I didn't get a shot of Ryan, Lindsey and Nic all together.  Oops

Talk about a serious surprise,
My brother Sean flew in from Texas to meet Luke and be with us.

Finally headed home,
The only shot we have of all of us together.