Homecoming Day

We have unusual anniversaries at our house. Adjusted age birthdays, first pre-term labor hospital admission, second pre-term labor hospital admission, pPROM occurrence, etc. While most people probably don't attach any special significance to the day they brought their babies home, it is still a big deal around these parts. Most new parents head home from the hospital with a big, healthy baby strapped snugly into a carseat. We headed home shell shocked and empty handed ... day after day after day. We missed so many of those normal baby firsts -- the first feeding, the first dirty diaper, the first bath. So, the day we brought Max home was especially important to us -- it was the day we were finally able to restart the clock on our life as a family. After 67 long days in the NICU, our baby boy came home. That's still worth celebrating!

Max then (9 weeks old, 5 lbs, 3 oz):


Max now (26 months old, 30 lbs):


It doesn't seem that long ago that we were counting every gram of weight gain -- look at him now!