Back home

So little Erin and mommy came home yesterday. After dropping Kevin off at his daycare in the morning, I went to Lynn's parent's house in West Roxbury to pick up the baby's cradle. The cradle has been in Lynn's family for over 100 years and all of the children in the family use it as their cradle.

After that, I went to the hospital to wait for the discharge. They let them leave around 3pm and we then picked up Kevin - he was so excited to show Erin off to the other kids. Erin slept for a long time after we got home (she loves car rides already) and it gave us a chance to settle back in. Our friend Rebecca called us and asked if we wanted dinner! She was making stuffed peppers and said she would bring some over. They were sooo good. She stayed for a little while and when she went to leave, Kevin said, "Can I give you a hug?" It was too cute. We met Rebecca and her husband Dave a number of years ago at our church. They have a daughter Julia who is a few weeks younger than Kevin and they're really good buddies.

The first night at home was so so. Erin slept for most of the evening but would not fall asleep when it counted - late at night! Lynn eventually got her to fall asleep around 11:30 and I think she was up 1 or 2 more times during the night. She slept on and off during the early morning and I think mommy and baby are sleeping right now. We did give her a pacifier and it may have been a little counter productive as she now expects to nurse on something of similar size and won't eat. Thus, no more pacifier for now.

I am going to take Kevin out for the morning. I think we're going hit a library or two as it's raining outside. I was able to take him to the playground last Saturday - it was so nice to play outside. I was hoping we could play in the snow today but it looks like rain only.