Baby update.

After spending a couple of days in the special care nursery, James is finally in our room with us. He is currently under special lights which are causing the blue glow in the photos. Since the labor process was so eventful, James has quite a bit of trama to his little head. As the bruising on his head breaks down it releases bilirubin into his blood stream. This causes the skin and eyes to yellow... aka jaundice. These special lights help James to release the bilirubin through his urine. The faster it gets out of his system the better. This morning we were told that while he is looking so much better, his bili levels are up. They've turn the lights up on him a bit to help out with that. Don't worry - It just means that his bruising is disappearing quickly.

We thought he looked pretty cool with his little goggles. He almost looks like he is tanning. We can't help but think that he is getting cuter and cuter everyday.

James flashes the peace sign for the camera. He was born in Boulder after all.

Look at his little cheeks!

All of the wires on him are to monitor his vitals. Mommy looked the same for a while. If you are wondering where his other foot disappeared to... its there but its covered in another diaper so that the wiring that is on his foot doesn't get messed up by the bili lights.

Daddy has huge hands in comparison to little James.

I'm working on recovering. I feel decently okay after everything but I am still a bit tired and in a little bit of pain. My blood pressure has gone up and I have a good amount of swelling so we are turning away visitors right now. It's not unusual for this to happen especially since I had so many medications in my body I'm not used to anything stronger than excedrine. James isn't expected to go home anytime soon. He could be here another week or two.

We will post more updates when we get the chance!