we are home!

Last Thursday we got the go ahead to GO HOME! YAHOO!!!! The only test/ procedure still on the doctors list was figuring out the right amount of Lovenox (blood thinner) to be giving Connor each time. Every person metabolizes the medication differently and it is important to always give the right dose so we would have to drive back to the hospital in downtown Houston on Friday morning for another blood test but I didn't care... after 9 long days we were finally going home!!! I carried Connor in the front door and introduced him to our dog Maddie who kept her distance and just sniffed him. Any time he cries she walks over to me and looks in his direction as if I can't hear the cries also. It really is sweet.

Connor is just a doll. He rarely fusses and if he does he is easily soothed. He loves noise and being in motion (riding in the car, sitting in his swing or just being rocked). He actually sleeps a lot better if there is some sort of noise and nothing is too loud not even Maddie barking at the door bell.

My mom flew down here last Saturday and had been so much help! She drove us to doctors appointments until I got released to drive, has been cooking lots of yummy food and just being the best Grammy to Connor. We have also made daily trips to the grocery store, Target, the mall and even to meet Anthony for lunch.

Anthony went back to work on Monday but calls often to check on our little man and can't get enough of him once he gets home. Connor definitely knows Anthony's voice because he always perks up when he gets home. Daddy and son really bonded during those first few days in the NICU before I was discharged from the hospital. It is so sweet to see them together.

Thank you so much for all the prayers and good thoughts we truly felt the love and are so blessed to have all of you in our lives!

Cheering on his two favorite college teams on Saturday