Meeting Abi - August 8

My brother and sister-in-law, Craig and Kim, had their little girl, Abigail Emma, just three days after Zane was born. We were all anxious for the two cousins to meet for the first time.

Two Weeks Old - August 5

Zane Christopher
2 weeks old

Zane's Visitors - July 22-August 5

Zane and Noni

Zane and Papa

Zane and Gigi

Zane and Grandpa

Zane with Dedaddy and DeJoyce

Zane and Aunt Megan

Zane and Aunt Cathryn

Zane and Uncle Jerod

Birthday Party - August 4

With Zane around it wasn't hard to convince our families to come to Dimmitt for my birthday party. Danny even baked my favorite cake - red velvet!

The Griffis Boys - August 3

The Griffis Boys
Wyatt, Colter and Zane

Zane's First Bath - August 3

We were able to give Zane his first bath before Wyatt and Colter left to spend the week with Danny's parents in Colorado. They enjoyed Zane's bath much more than Zane!

Brothers - July 31

These are some of my favorite pictures of Wyatt and Colter with Zane. I'm learning that I can't plan times to take pictures of all three of them - they are way to active. I just need to have the camera ready when they are all in the same place!

Colter and Zane - he loves just laying down beside Zane while he's sleeping.

Wyatt and Zane - he is so in love with his newest little brother.

Goggles - July 30

Wyatt and Colter got some goggles as party favors at a birthday party this week. They have started wearing them in the bathtub!

One Week Old - July 27

Zane Christopher
1 week old

Time with Zane - July 23-26

These are some of my favorite pictures from my days home with Zane while Wyatt and Colter were in Lubbock with my parents. 3 days old - Sleeping, sleeping, sleeping!

4 days old - I was finally able to get some pictures with his eyes open...

4 days old - But the sleeping pictures are still so sweet!

5 days old - Look at those beautiful eyes!

6 days old - He loves to be swaddled as long as one or both hands are available for sucking on, if needed!

Zane's First Sponge Bath - July 24

Zane was not very happy about his first sponge bath. Maybe that will change when he's old enough to take a bath with his big brothers!

Clean, warm and happy!

The Bili Bed - July 22

Many of you will remember that we had to go back to the hospital with Colter after his bilirubin levels skyrocketed. We knew this would happen again with Zane (it has to do with my blood type and Zane's blood type - I won't go into the details!) so in the hope of avoiding going back to the hospital we prayed and planned ahead.

We had our medical supplies office in Dimmitt order a "bili-bed" from Lubbock which is a more effective light source than the traditional "bili-blanket". It was waiting for us when we got home and we put Zane on it Saturday night and almost all day Sunday. Colter didn't get put on bili lights until he was 48 hours old, so our hope was that by getting Zane on the lights earlier his bilirubin wouldn't get as high as quickly. We had his bilirubin level checked Monday morning. Zane was looking good (no yellow eyes!) and we were hoping it would be around a 10 or 12 and we could stop using the lights. We were so grateful when it came back at an 8 - what a gracious God we serve! A bili of 10 or 12 would have meant the medical interventions were working, but a bili of 8 said to me that God was also at work!

Wyatt and Colter inspecting Zane's "special bed!"

Coming Home - July 21

Danny doesn't do hospitals well as a patient, so we never seem to stay long after our babies are born. We were in the car headed home at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon, less than 24 hours after Zane was born!

Ready for his first car ride - he slept the entire way!

His big brothers were anxiously waiting for him at home!

More Hospital Pics - July 21

Here are just a few more pictures from our short stay at the hospital.

Look at those beautiful eyes!

My boys - I am blessed beyond words!

Our first family picture as a family of five!

Zane Christopher Griffis - July 20

Zane was born on Friday, June 20 at 5:37 pm in Plainview, Texas (about 40 miles from Dimmitt). He shares his birthday with my grandmother, who passed away almost 10 years ago. He weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long.

Zane showed everyone very quickly that he had healthy lungs and functioning kidneys (he almost soaked the nurse while she was cleaning him up!).

Our sweet, sweet boy - just a few minutes old.

Wyatt and Colter's first look at their little brother.