Lucy's Home!

Many of you already probably know that Lucy is home, sweet home!  We commemorated the event with "I Love Lucy" shirts, much to the delight of the NICU staff (thanks to Jason for the idea!) We are overjoyed to have her here with us and not to have to leave her at the end of every night.  We cannot thank you enough for the constant prayers, encouragement and hope that you have sent our way over the past 4 months that we've spent in the NICU.  Jason and I actually feel like real parents for the first time.  We can relax on the couch and let Lucy sleep on our laps for hours at a time and we can go across the hall and comfort her when she cries at night.  We are finally able to cuddle her first thing in the morning when she is sleepy-eyed and smiley and we can have dinner as a family (ok, so she just sits in her bouncy seats and looks at us, but at least we are together as a family unit!)

She (and we!) are adjusting well, spending lots of time sleeping, reading and just hanging out.  She's had her first car ride (liked it), stroller ride (too bright outside for our little NICU baby!) and has slept in her own crib (loves that her mobile moved with her!).

We have to feed her through her G-Tube, so took home a feeding pump and IV pole and have lots of follow-up appointments over the next few weeks and are starting to find care givers in Minnesota.  Oh, and we're moving to Denver this weekend (temporarily) and my parents are coming into town to help us for a few days...never a dull moment!

We plan to keep up Lucy's blog so that you can follow-up on her progress with swallowing, dealing with hydrocephalus and all other thing Lucy-related, so we hope you'll continue to follow along!