Welcome Home Paige!

It feels surreal to actually have Paige home.  We've done several feeds since arriving and she has taken them all without a problem.  I find myself praying at every feed that she'll take it since the tube is no longer an option.  I wonder how long that will last.  I've also held her for most of the time we've been home.  I just can't put her down.  I think its because I've been told when I can and can't hold her since she was born and they've limited our interactions.  She's finally home and we get to decide.

We completed our monitor training before we left the hospital and its pretty easy to use.  The only thing is that it is SO loud!  It sounds like a smoke detector and we definitely have to warn our neighbors on either side:)  Kodi is also not a fan.  Paige alarmed twice since we've been home and Kodi freaked out.  I'm sure she'll get used to it soon though.

Our car ride home was uneventful but I was definitely one of those moms that sat in the backseat:)  She looks so tiny in her carseat and it made me so nervous (just wait until it's Andrew's turn!).  She didn't seem to mind it though and slept the entire way.

All buckled in!

Saying goodbye and ready to get out of there!

And we're home!

It was definitely hard to leave Andrew behind today.  He has had some trouble keeping his temperature up the last couple nights, so we moved him to a smaller, warmer room with less windows.  I felt like our old room was just too big for him alone anyway.  He did have trouble taking his feeds last night and needed his feeding tube replaced for two feeds.  Unfortunately, that starts our clock over and we need to wait at least another 36 hours to get the tube out again.  The saddest part of leaving him today was that he was about to get his circumcision and we weren't going to be there to comfort him after.  Our nurse promised me that she cuddled with him though and that he did great.  I already miss him so much though and know that things will be really hard until he's home with the rest of us where he belongs.