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Wyatt's First Christmas

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I was discharged from the hospital the morning of Christmas Day and got to check up on him before heading home. It was hard to know that he wasn't going to be coming home to celebrate Christmas with us. But that just means next year I will have to kinda go over board.  After getting discharged I got to go home and shower at my own house, wear my own clothes and steal some cuddles from my cat kid.  We then headed to Payden's parent's house to celebrate Christmas and to steal some puppy cuddles.  We then went back to the hospital to feed Wyatt and to spend some time with him. Payden was excited to be there (despite the way he looks in the picture), he was talking and playing with Wyatt while I was feeding and burping him.  I was not expecting start to look this small in his first Christmas but I wouldn't trade him being my Christmas present for anything in the world. 

Wyatt's NICU Stay

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Right after Wyatt was born on the morning of December 11th Payden went down to the NICU to watch him get weighed and settled.  The first time I actually got to hold Wyatt was on the 12th, the day after he was born. I was exhausted and really drugged but it was amazing!!    Payden went and checked on Wyatt everyday while I was in the hospital so there were many days I didn't get to see them together and many days that I didn't even get to see Wyatt but Payden did a great job checking on his improvement while I was trying to recover.  The NICU was amazing and even schedule a photo with Santa. Which made my picture loving, holiday loving heart.  On the 14th Payden went and visited Wyatt and took some pictures of him to share with me while I was waiting to go to my second surgery to remove blood clots.  This picture of Payden and Wyatt will always be one of my favorites.  In December 15th the NICU nurses brought Wyatt up to me me before my second surgery. Which showed that he was d