A Year Ago Today

Dearest Joshua David~

Hello little miracle!

Today is a very special day .... one year ago today daddy and I were finally able to bring you home from the hospital!  No more monitors on you .... no more nurses checking your temperature every couple of hours .... no more waiting .... you were discharged after eight and a half weeks in the Intensive Care Unit at Wake Med Hospital!  Daddy and I were so excited and scared at the same time!  It was strange to see you with no monitors on and no 'beeps' going off .... daddy and I had to adjust to the quiet around us and kept checking to make sure you were ok!  We hovered around you and watched you as you slept!  You were still small .... just over 5 pounds and still wearing preemie clothes .... but you looked so big and healthy to us!

How blessed we have been since then!  You continue to grow strong and now we have little Peanut on the way too!  You two are so special to daddy and I!

Well, well, well, the floors are really looking nice upstairs!  It looks like you and Penny had fun today, but it was loud again like yesterday.  Here's what you all did:

8am - free play and floor time

9:20am - story time and music

10:40am - Mike and Jose showed up to work on the floors upstairs

12:20pm - sleeping

1:15pm - loud noise woke you up!

1:30pm - fell back asleep again

3:15pm - loud noise woke you up again!

4pm - Mike and Jose left

You certainly slept more today for Penny than you did for me yesterday, despite the noise.  Perhaps you were just tired from yesterday and could fall asleep easier because of that.  Mike and Jose pretty much finished everything except placing the quarter round pieces along the edges.  They cut a lot of the pieces already though, so it shouldn't take them long to finish tomorrow.  :-)

Daddy had made dinner by the time I got home.  So, we ate together and then went upstairs to relax for the rest of the evening.  We've been giving you quick little head wipes each evening, since the bathroom is a mess right now with your little tub and shampoo.  Once the floors are done, I'll clean up more and then I can give you a real bath again.  Though, I'm sure you don't mind the break.  :-P

We're suppose to possibly get a 'wintery mix' tonight which might could some problems with our work commute in the morning.  I have a weather hot line to call in the morning to see if we'll be operational.  I'm kind of hoping to just stay home with you, but we'll see.  ;-)  Penny will call us in the morning too in case she's unable to get out of her subdivision.  

Sleep tight little one!

I love you!  :-)

~Mommy