Home Sweet Home!

After 12 days, 13 hours, 31 minutes, and about 27 1/2 seconds (give or take a half-second or so) in the NICU, Alex is finally free!! We took him home this morning!! And that may not have been the most exciting part of the day. It seems Maguire could come home tomorrow already!! (The exclamation points are coming hot and heavy today!)

Overnight, Maguire was completely taken off oxygen, and was breathing "room air" as they call it. He was doing well, and they kept the oxygen off all morning long. The doctor did her final examination of Alex, and then looked at Maguire and said, "I think he'll be ready to go tomorrow, maybe Monday..." To that of course we let out a big, "Whooopeee!!" They tell us that if he doesn't need oxygen for 24 hours straight, we'll get to take him home! So it's of course been quite an exciting day!

Back to Alex's homecoming...

Big sister Ellie was waiting at the door of the NICU along with Grammie and Papa Eiesland when Alex came out. She came right up to him, and put her hand gently on his cheek. It was the sweetest sight I've ever seen. She couldn't stop touching him and said, "Daddy can I hold him?" So we went right down to the car and headed home. Once we got home all she wanted to do was get on the couch and get ready to hold her little brother. She had her arms all ready to go before we even got him out of the car seat. It was so awesome. Since then she's been wanting to help him with his pacifier, help change diapers, and do whatever she can to be close to him. It's so sweet. Hopefully she can hold both of her brothers on the couch tomorrow!!

That's about all for now, I'll definitely keep you posted on Maguire's eventual homecoming, and it could be just a day away!! Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers. We know that the Lord has blessed our family with so many loving and caring people that have touched our lives. We're truly grateful for all of you. Your prayers and ours have been answered in a mighty way these past two weeks, and we're so very thankful!! We love you all!

Grammie made the boys a couple of Minnesota Twins (get it--TWINS--they're twins, I know, it's corny) blankets to bring them home in. Ellie wore a "scarf" from the scraps so she could be "same-same" with her little brother!