Home Again!

After two long months, we can finally say we are home again. We got to bring Miss Callie home on Wednesday afternoon. She has been keeping us pretty busy. Overall she's been a really pleasant child to have home. She is a happy baby and satisfied just to be cuddled and stare at your face. Every day we see a little bit of a new development for her. Yesterday she deliberately reached out to bat one of her toys which is huge progress for her. She has gotten so much better at tracking faces and objects. My favorite thing is in the middle of the night during her sleep, she will randomly burst out laughing. It's always a surprise and always makes us laugh (quietly of course). At her check up she weighed 11 pounds. Her newborn clothes are officially off limits now, the little chunker. I need to find the time to go through her clothes and find the things she actually can wear. The g-tube leaves us with very few options other than loose dresses or t-shirts and pants. We have a hundred onesies that I'm hoping she will still fit into when she gets her mic-key button. Her follow up appointment is next week so maybe they'll tell us when we can change during that visit.

The new Callie rule in the house is that Callie sleeps while you are awake but as soon as you are asleep, she is magically wide awake. The sleep deprivation is worth it just to have her home. And look at the bright side, I caught up on a lot of TV over the last few nights! Thank goodness I am still working part time, I'm basically a zombie. We were glad she got to come home earlier than expected but I do have to admit it would've been handy to have the nurse at night. We are still working on getting skilled nursing during the day through the waiver but I guess that can take a long time.

Other than that, we've been enjoying our time at home with Callista. This week starts the bombardment of everyone and their brother needing a piece of us. Wish us luck and sanity!