Nicholas certainly had an activity-filled day today. In addition to the usual discharge stuff, he had his circumcision which went well as well as the hearing test that he passed with flying colours. He’s even gotten his first required hepatitis B shot. He does more before lunch than most people do all day, folks! 🙂
Of course, the really important stuff occurred when we finally sprung him from WakeMed and got him into the Escape for his first trip home. At 1425 local time, Nicholas was piped aboard here at the house (well, as well as one can do without an actual bosun’s pipe!) and got his first look at his new digs. After a quick shot of the good stuff, he was off to bed for a little rest.
In keeping with family tradition, he did a bang-up job of christening his crib via a leaky diaper. Memo to self: Pampers is the way to go, Huggies really doesn’t! The diaper allowed us our first opportunity to test the Diaper Genie and the cutting blade works as advertised…too bad we’d missed the instructions which says that the inner ring is the one to turn when you deposit a diaper to become a diaper sausage link. Oh, well…live and learn…and we didn’t use up a whole lot of the Diaper Genie insert to do it!
Of course, the excitement never ends here in Clayton as my family from Fayetteville showed up for their first look at Nicholas. It had been a long time coming considering medical necessity plus the general lack of holding due to all of the wires and probes and tubes.
But once again, Nicholas blatantly stole the hearts of everyone round him. He really took to Gram (my mother Osa) who dutifully provided the holding/cuddling action, a bottle of the good stuff, and even a fresh diaper for good measure. Mom’s been waiting for this day for quite a while (her favourite observation was that she was ready to have a grandchild who was not furry and four-legged and Nicholas certainly qualifies on all counts!).
Truth be told, we’ve been waiting quite a while for this day as well. There is something magical about bringing your child home for the first time knowing they’ll find comfort and shelter here with you…and knowing that whilst they’re growing up, we will be as well.
