We’re expecting the call at any time now to come collect Kathryn and Mommy from WakeMed as soon as the discharge procedures are complete. Kathryn’s been bothered by reflux for the last day but that shouldn’t stop her from coming home today. Wow…Mommy and Kathryn coming home at the same time without an intervening ICU visit. We’d get used to this if it weren’t for the fact that Kathryn’s certainly will be the last addition to our little family until grandchildren start coming along.
Her entry in the WakeMed online nursery is now available at the following link which features her first official portrait.
You know the company that does the pictures is getting some serious jack with their exclusive franchise but you never really get that first portrait again so we’ll definitely be springing for the pictures again. Of course, the non-professional photos are really coming out nicely. Mommy’s other recently arrived baby with a recent birthday is a Nikon D-50 digital SLR and it is doing some really nice photos. I am seriously jealous because even though it is lower resolution than the Sony, the lack of shutter lag and available of interchangeable lenses certainly makes up for it. Drooooooooooolllll…
Uh, where was I? Oh, dreaming in the land of Nikkor…
Anywho, it’s been interesting seeing what a normal delivery has been like. There were some changes…like actually having to find a pump (ICU patients get loaners for free). Also, they don’t do the car seat tests they did on both of the boys (another ICU requirement). We’ve already done the jiggery-pokery with the car seats in the Sienna (and again offered up praises for having gotten the eight-passenger version with an easy-to-reach center seat in the second row that is LATCH-capable). A word on LATCH…best thing to happen to car seats in, like, forever! Getting the seat in and out is a breeze and the tethering is much stronger than the old lap-belts that you feed through the bottom of the seat. I’ve gotten to hate the couple of times I’ve had to put a seat into the back of the F-150’s cab!
[We now pause for this intermission…more to come after we go retrieve Mommy and Kathryn!]
Kathryn and Mommy are now home after an interesting ride home. Kathryn rode in the middle of the second row (facing the rear) and Alexander was seated to her right. At one point, he reached over as if he was very protective of his new sister. That lasted about as long as it took for him to notice that she had a blanket and he didn’t. Mommy caught the gleam in his eye and suggested that he not even thinking about the five-finger discount method of getting her blanket. He wisely complied!
Getting home, it’s now a matter of time to get back into a routine that has been massively disrupted. We’ll get there when we can…and sleep where and when we’re able.
But for now, it’s just time to enjoy the ride.
