Austin is home.. First day complete!

I can't believe I'm saying this but Austin is really home.. The past 24 hours have been crazy but wonderful.. Well almost. We started out on Wed. Being told that he was ready and we ended up waiting to do the room in until Friday night, which totally sucked. We started the night with both babies and after the 11 pm feeding, Grace had two desats and Brady's and we had to give her back to the nurse. She wasn't ready and although we were soooo sad, it was for the best. So, the night began with stress.. No sleep later, we were happy to report that all went well and we were slated to be released at 11 am. We met with the doctors and visited Grace in her bay and then went and had breakfast.

By 12 pm, we still hadn't been released. So much goes into discharging a patient esp. a preemie so it took a while. When we finally got the ok, we took him downstairs and got the car. We had to adjust his car seat to the smallest setting and we were off. It was a decent ride home .. Totally surreal. Once we got home home, we realized that Tommy was napping so we waited until he woke to introduce them. As suspected, Tommy woke up grumpy so the initial meeting was rough but after a while, he warmed up. It was so cute when he said, "I hold him, now?" and petted his back. We were a little scared bc he has been coughing a bit but it hasn't gotten any worse so we are being cautious.

The last 24 hours has been crazy to say the least.. Feeding every three hours and then trying to visit Grace in the hospital. Tom and I divided today and he stayed home with the boys while I went for a few hours. This is the hard part, Grace had another serious apnea episode last night. ;( it broke my heart to hear but I'm so glad she is still there and not at home with me trying to deal. It will be another week before they will allow her to go so at least I will have a few days alone with Austin to prepare.

I will post pictures tomorrow of the home coming.

So much love to you all...we are almost there..
Erica and Tom