So Far...

We've had Kaya home now for four days and she has managed to survive a constant barrage of well wishers, Grandparents, Great Grandparents, Aunt's, Uncles and Cousins, bringers of food stuffs and so many damn pink things I think I might just vomit. Honestly though, we appreciate all of the support we have received. Her first days at home have been remarkably unremarkable. She has settled nicely into the steady baby rhythm of Eat, Sleep, Poop, rinse, repeat. She's a pro at the eat and poop parts, we're working on the sleep portion. For my part, the absence of lactating breasts has been a huge boon to my sleeping vs. getting up every hour ratio. Tiff on the other hand is getting her sleep where she can, mostly during daytime naps. Kaya went to the pediatrician today. He had a good look at her and thinks the hearing problem is due to the crap(yes literally) in her ear. Poor kid looks to be getting an ear infection already in the good ear. The Pediadoc also clipped her tounge. It was held down too short so he clipped away. These are the reasons we don't remember being this young, it's to traumatic. If we could remember the first days of life every one of us would have post traumatic stress syndrome. So as far as the Pediatrician goes he said she looked fine, needs to gain some weight. Come back in a week and look at the ear infection again and weigh her again. So things here are going quite swimmingly so far. We love having her home with the rest of us. We do not miss traveling to the NICU. I'm headed to work for a few days so the pictures will be few and far between but Tiff has loads of helpers here to make sure things go well. She'll probably have more help than when I'm home. I'm sure you're all sick to death of reading my drivel so here come the pics.

Sleepin. Max and I both sleep like that, with our hands under our cheeks.

Just my luck, she's a natural born cheerleader.

Early onset of runner's knee


This one is part Heisman Trophy pose,
the other half reminds me of the words of George Castanza
She looks "Like an angry old man, trying to send back soup in a deli"

Thanks again for the prayers and concern. I'll try to keep you all updated regularly.
Goodnight, and good luck.