Samuel's Coming Home!

FINALLY! Provided all goes well the next two days Samuel will be coming home on Saturday. The nurses told us things would speed up near the end and boy did they. We have been through our discharge class, he received his vaccinations, passed his hearing screening and tolerated sitting in a car seat for an hour. All things that had to be done before he could go home.

The last thing we have to do is "room-in" with Samuel on Friday night. Mike and I will stay at the hospital Friday night and get up with Samuel every 3 hours and feed him, change his diaper and love on him with no monitors to get in our way. The nurses will be close by in case something goes wrong. We should be discharged Saturday afternoon and then we can finally start being a family.

We have been waiting for 8 weeks for this day to come and we couldn't be more excited. I cry every time I think about it. ;) At the same time, we are nervous. Samuel is still 4 weeks away from his due date so he is not acting like a newborn just yet. He needs lots of sleep and extra attention when feeding him. Samuel will be behind developmentally for a little while but they say that by the time he is two he should be acting just like his cousin Andrew (who was born 3 days after Samuel but was a full term baby).

We will never be able to thank all of you who have supported us since I went into the hospital 13 weeks ago. Mike and I have been through so much in 2008. It has brought us closer together with not just each other but all our family and friends. We are thankful for that. We are really looking forward to starting this new year off on a good note and bringing home our son couldn't be a better way to do it.

Peace and love to all of you and may 2009 be your best year yet!