Day #2

Today was another day mostly spent at the hospital. I took Kevin to his daycare in the morning (he goes twice a week) and then headed over to Lowell General. We just kind of hung out all morning as Erin was awake for most of the morning and afternoon.

My parents and Lynn's parents stopped by around 2pm and visited for a couple of hours. By 4pm or so, Erin was crying and hungry so we all headed out - me to get Kevin and the four grandparents to the 99 in Lowell. The 99 is right near Kevin's daycare so they followed me over. After I got Kevin, we stopped into the 99 so he could see everyone. It was funny...I told him to walk up to the table and surprise them. No one noticed him for a few seconds until my father saw him out of the corner of his eye waving his hand.

After that, Kevin and I were going to go home for a bit but my sister Meaghan said she was just a few minutes away from the hospital so we went back there. Kevin's daycare made cupcakes in Erin's honor today and he had one left so we sang happy birthday to her and Kevin ate it all up!

While Meaghan was visiting my friend Bill (Kevin's godfather) stopped in for a visit on his way home from working in Boston for the day. Bill, Meaghan, Kevin, and I then went to the hospital cafeteria for dinner and afterwards they both went home. Kevin had a mini-tantrum after they left...need to find a way to curb those when Erin comes home!

Tonight we asked Meaghan if she would be Erin's godmother (which she suspected) and my friend Andrew Nelson to be the godfather (he is also Bill's brother). Andrew is currently a seminarian for the Manchester diocese and is studying at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. He's already promised to send Erin to Ireland for a pilgrimage when she gets older!

Lynn and Erin should come home tomorrow and then the fun begins. I am guessing this will be my last night of sleep for a long time...yikes!