The Day Has Come

After a long and rough 121 days of being in the hospital my baby girl is finally home with us.  I had every emotion imaginable leaving the NICU.  I was excited, scared, overwhelmed but above all I was looking forward to the future and being able to be with her every day and every night.  To be able to enjoy all of her moods and progress, watching her grow and develop right before our eyes.  One of the hardest things about the NICU was just hearing second hand how cute she was being or how happy she was and knowing I missed it, but not anymore, she is home where she belongs.

I must admit she is a bit spoiled at the moment.  I dont think I have put her down other then to sleep.  I know this could create bad habits but I feel like both her and I have some much needed bonding time that is way past due so for now this will have to do.

She came off oxygen 3 days before coming home and has done great here at home with no oxygen.  I of course am overly concerned and paranoid, every little noise she makes or even if she goes too long without making a noise I run and check to make sure she is ok.  Needless to say Olivia has slept great waking up 2x a night to eat and goes right back to sleep but mamma now that is a different story lol ... I will take all of these sleepless nights I love being a Mom and am really enjoying getting to know my baby girl.

We went to her first doctor appointment yesterday she is 6lbs 13oz and the doctor said she looks great.  Her eyes are still immature we have a follow up appointment with the optomologist in 3 weeks to check their progress.  We will be spending a ton of time at the doctors being that she will have an appointment every week for the next 6 weeks to track her progress but other then that we will be on house arrest until RSV season is over.  We can not risk her getting sick after a third of the year in hospital I am not ready to go back anytime soon.  Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts we really appreciate it.  I will continue to post updates and pics....