HOMECOMING PART ONE!!!

Homecoming time for Nicholas!!!

Today was the big day for Nicholas!!!  Kalleigh and I went to pick him up around 1:00 today and spent most of the afternoon with both boys while we were prepped by our nurse about what to expect and what had to be done with Nicholas over the  next few weeks!!!  The amount of information we received today compared to that of what we learned throughout this entire process!!!  We are so thankful for all of their help and it was VERY difficult leaving there, even though we left our precious Joseph behind for a few days!!! Speaking of Joseph, he is scheduled to come home on Friday!!!  Obviously this is the biggest week for us thus far, and so far everything has worked out wonderfully!!!   Vince even greeted his new baby brother with a nice "Hi!" and is still figuring out what is going on, but he'll be fine!!!  We were just so excited to be able to have Vince see Nicholas today!!!  That may have been one of the hardest things we had to go though was explaining to Vince via pictures on our phones that those are his brothers!!!  It was obviously a precious moment in our lives!!! 

Nicholas and Joseph saying their goodbyes for a few days!!!

When we arrived to pick up Nicholas we were happy to see him and Joseph in the same crib, bonding for a few more hours until we had to take Nicholas home!  This was one of our favorite pictures from today, but it made it even more difficult to leave as you can imagine.  We didn't realize just how much we would become attached to the NICU and all of the people who have been so wonderful there, and just seeing our boys together there everyday was great!!!  We know we are so lucky to have Nicholas home with us, and we can't wait for Joseph to come home either, but for almost 3 months this has been there home, and because of the care and attention they received they are able to come home sooner than hoped!!!

Nicholas where he belongs....HOME!!!

Nicholas is safe and sound in his home along with Big Brother Vince, Kalleigh, Myself and Gucci (our dog!!!).  He is doing great and we couldn't be more blessed right now!!! Joseph is doing great too and he is probably in better hands than Nicholas now!!! Just Kidding (maybe!)!!!  I could go into so much more detail on how we feel and how exciting today has been, but right now we are enjoying having Nicholas with us for his first night home and learning all over again what it's like to have an infant in the home!!!  We better learn quick because double time is happening this weekend!!!

Saying Goodbye for a few days :(