Home Sweet Home...

A beautiful sunny Sunday with our new son! What a joy and a relief to be home. I have never appreciated the concept of home quite as much as I do right now. The fresh air is amazing, even though the humidity is oppressive. After 3 nights in the hospital, we arrived home around 3:30 yesterday afternoon, just as he was turning 3 days old. It was a meal for baby and a nap for the three of us. Then my awesome mother made us a nourishing dinner, which must have made Coley hungry again. Overnight was a challenge - not much sleep for Coley, but fortunately he has a superstar dad, who walked laps in the kitchen from 3-6am before he finally seemed hungry again. Those three hours of sleep for me were amazing.

Anyway, we are overjoyed to be home. He is on the couch next to me here, falling asleep after about a half hour of eyes open, squirmy time (with no fussing!). We look forward to a first walk, first bath, and more sleeping, eating, pooping, and experimenting with different types of diapers. He's wearing his first cloth right now - exciting...

And Ted's sister Hylah is here for the day cooking for us, doing whatever we ask her to do - she offered to scrub our bathrooms! Right now it's Ted's request: chocolate chip cookies. We're so grateful for your presence, Hy. Coley loves you already.

More updates soon. All is going splendidly!