The first days...the hospital

Ethan is over two weeks old now. We have spent the last two weeks on an intense crash course of parenting, baby and everything that is Ethan. For the most part he is a content baby and he knows what he wants when he wants it and will let you know about two seconds before he expects it.

We spent his first two days in the hospital which was wonderful. We loved our experience and had great care throughout. The first night was tough with nurses coming in every couple hours to check or poke one or both of us. We would finally fall asleep and we would hear the door open. Chris and I survived somehow and tried to make the best of the situation. Throughout the night every time they would do something to Ethan they would tell me to feed him to help him calm down. So there we were attempting to feed our newborn and we were three inexperienced exhausted people. God is good and we survived. The second day was easier but exhaustion was a huge factor and thankfully we were able to get some sleep later in the day courtesy of the nursery staff.

We had visits in the hospital from grandma and grandpa Johnson and Ben and Rebecca. They all enjoyed meeting and being fascinated by our newest family member. He is longer and bigger than most Johnson or Rice babies at birth so the family decided we should contact Roy Williams early on to talk basketball and scholarships. :)

First picture in the hospital 

First bath. He enjoys getting his hair washed

Mommy and Ethan

     

With Grandma and Grandpa Johnson

With Daddy, grandma and grandpa and Ben 

The Johnson Men

With Daddy.

 

Getting ready to go home 

 

Happy in the car seat for a minute before screaming the whole way home.

We went home on Sunday to try to figure out how to survive without nurses at every call.