Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Homecoming

Gracie has come home. An interesting day that was supposed to be a nice calm, drop the girls off at nannys, go to the hospital, check out, come home etc. etc. type of day. NOT! Gracie's big sisters are both sick. We went to breakfast to kill some time before we had to go to the doctors to get them checked out (just colds). Then we had to arrange for Cheryl to come over to sit with the girls while we went to spring Gracie from the hospital. Everyone at the hospital was so nice. Gracie had a vision screening which turned out fine. She will have a recheck in two weeks. They trained us on how to make super milk for Gracie, and gave us our orders for vitamins and iron supplements, follow up appointments, etc. Below are some pictures of Grace and Dr. Pancio giving us our last minute helpful instructions. Dr. Pancio was the pediatrician at the hospital who gave us great advice and information throughout Gracie's stay. She really helped us understand everything we were facing each day and provided wonderful support. Gracie had some pictures taken then we packed our stuff and off we went. Below is a picture of Kim being taken out in a wheel chair with Gracie on her lap. This is standard procedure when releasing babies. When we came home the girls were napping, but not for long. Olivia heard us come in with Gracie and was waaaaaaaay too excited to stay in bed. Olivia was so excited to see Gracie home she was literally dancing around the house. She could not sit down or stop talking about Gracie. Olivia gave her a stuffed froggie that she bought her as a present. Gracie got Olivia and Sophia presents too. Olivia got a ballerina bear and princess stickers and Sophia got a stuffed Shih Tzu named "Murphy". All were excited about the homecoming. Stay tuned for more pictures and video of Gracie at home. Finally our miracle is home!


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