We love Grandpa and Grandma!

The week that Leah was born we had so much help from family it was amazing!  Bryant and Kaitlin came the night I went into the hospital and spent the night and majority of the next day with Brie.  And then Mike and Lauren took Brie the entire next day we were in the hospital. 

The best 'gift' we got I think though was that my parents came and stayed with us for a few days.  My dad took a couple days off work and my mom was here for almost an entire week helping out.  It was so amazing!  We were spoiled with cooking, cleaning, and childcare.  Brie was just LIVING it up with them here, she loved having so much attention and someone to always play with her.  "Grandma, come play with me"  "Grandma, come sit with me!"  She loves her Grandpa and Grandma! 

My dad got the girls matching pink Michigan shirts, hard to tell from this picture but they are all wearing them! Go Blue!

 Brie loves to color.  You will notice though that the entire box of crayons have no paper left on any crayons.  She went through a phase where she pealed everything!  She would sit on the floor forever just pealing all the paper off the crayons.  At first I tried to tell her no, but then realized it kept her busy for tons of time and decided to let it slide.  Pick and choose your battles.....that is especially true with Briana!  "I peal it" she says. So we are left with a box of nudey crayons.

 My mom loooooves giving babies baths!  Thankfully she works in a profession where she gets paid to do this :)

It was just amazing to have her and her knowledge here that week.  Because I left the hospital a day early, our insurance company called and said I qualified (insurance completely covers) to have an RN come 2 times to our house to check up on me and baby.  The nurse comes and does a full assessment of both mom and baby, can check blood levels for jaundice, weigh the baby, and is a certified lactation consultant!  I was seriously shocked that was a service provided just for leaving a day early.  I think it really speaks to just HOW expensive it is to be in the hospital; it is cheaper for them to send a nurse 2 times to your home than to stay one more night in the hospital.  But I had to tell the nurse no, because I really didn't need her since I had my own L&D/mom/baby nurse living with me for a week! Not to mention my mother-in-law and 2 sister-in-laws are all labor & delivery/mom/baby nurses.  I have tons of support and places to ask questions, and trust me I tap into their wisdom all the time!