"Rooming in"

It was one year ago tonight that Phil and me had one of the longest, most sleep-deprived, most wonderful nights of our lives. We spent this night in a cold room on a noisy hall in the NICU of Baptist South. Sounds fun, huh? And to add to the fun... you know that song.. "Sleeping single in a double bed"? Well, we were doing the opposite. Yes, that little room had a SINGLE bed in it, y'all! It was bad. But, it was a hoop they required us to jump through in order to bring our baby girl home. So, we changed her diapers, bathed her, fed her, and practiced giving her the medicine she needed. We also got to hold her with no monitors attached for the first time ever. It felt so weird and so wonderful at the same time. I am thankful for that time because the nurse was right down the hall, and we could ask her any questions we wanted to ask. And those of you that know me know that I asked some questions about my babies. That is one of my favorite things to do. It also meant we got to spend the night with Rush. Although he had to stay with his nurse, we still got to go out and feed him and hold him all during the night. Of course, that was really like holding him all during the day because the NICU never sleeps. Maybe the lights dim a little or something, but I don't think so. They just work on that little three hour schedule, and it doesn't matter the time of day. So, we fed her, changed her, fed her, changed her. 6 pm, 9pm, 12am, 3am, 6am, 9am. Then, it was time. We put her in that cute little preemie sized pink dress and bonnet with her crying the whole time. (That's my girl!) She has never been afraid to tell people what she thinks. I think she was saying, "Please leave me here because these two don't have a clue what they are doing with me!!!!!!!" But, we took her home anyway. And it was wonderful. Sydney Frances joined us at home for the first time on October 1, 2008. One of the greatest days. We had another great one the next week. I'll tell you his story later.










Those of you that have known Miss Priss from the beginning know what she is saying in this one... Eh, Eh, Eh, EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!