Hello Everyone I figured that making a blog for Layne would be a great way to keep everyone up to date with his progress and pictures and this would be easy to access for everyone. As you all know Layne was born January 28, 2011 and it was bananas. He came out a lot bigger than expected weighing in at 7 lbs and 13 oz.

Layne had phototherapy for the first week home due to his billirubin level escalating from 11 when we left the hospital to 22.3 when we returned 2 days later for a check up. Photo therapy was horrible...they set up what looked like a copy machine or picture scanner in his crib and he had to stay on it all day and night except for 20 min which he was allowed off to nurse....otherwise diaper changes, bottle feedings, even burping had to be done on the bed...

Layne in the light bed... : (

So Layne got better and we finally took him off the bed...the only thing good that came outta this whole thing was that we met this lady Harriett and she was like the baby whisperer. She knew like everything bout babies and shared alot of info and gave us a lot of tips but I'm glad we are done with that.

Layne is now 2 weeks and 5 days old and so far he has been a saint...waking up about every 2 hours to eat, have a diaper change and then go back to sleep but now someone has discovered his lungs and likes to show us how loud he can get it's crazy but he's super cute and we adore him.

Daddy is doing really well with the baby he loves to hold him and I nag on him b/c i don't want Layne to get used to being picked up but it's adorbale how much he loves him and he just wants to hold him all the time so I am lucky in that aspect that he is such a doting father.

I am off work for 3 months so i stay home with Layne but have company over at random and due to the fact that I am the one that stays home from work I also wake up with Layne through out the night which has taken alot of gettin used to. It was so easy to stay up to all hours of the night before Layne when Matt and I would go out it's amazing how hard it is when you're not partying but taking care of a baby...it's funny that you just do it.