Home from the Hospital!!

Today was the day when we could bring Olivia home...we were extremely excited, yet nervous at the same time! How were we going to take care of this little baby on our own!? At the hospital, we had nurses there to help us every step of the way, so we didn't really have too much to worry about. In fact, even during the middle of the night after she was done eating, she was able to go back to the nursery so we could get some sleep. Tonight was going to be a different story...we were it! If she cried, we were the ones that would have to attend to her and comfort her! We left the hospital after lunch around 1:00...there was some concern at first cause she hadn't "gone to the bathroom" yet, but that was taken care of this afternoon. One of the nurses was able to help in that department, and she did great from there on out! So, we were free to go. Once we got all of our belongings gathered and loaded up in the car, we were ready to roll. We called the nurses to wheel me out, and I was able to hold her the entire way to the car. So many people wanted to stop to see her, but she just kept moving and we were on our way! Shane had gotten the car seat in the car, although to be honest, I was a little hesitant that it wasn't put in correctly...I, of course had to check that again later! After we got her all situated, we were on our way home! I was a nervous wreck the entire way home and tried not to tell Shane too many times to slow down or not turn too fast! What an experience...I never imagined a car ride could be so scary, but this time we had precious cargo aboard, so we needed to be a lot more cautious!

We finally made it home and it did feel extremely nice to be in our own house with our own things. We were supposed to have more visitors, but it ended up just being us the entire night which was nice and relaxing. Our little family was all together and we enjoyed spending our first night together. We ended up sleeping downstairs cause I think we were a little nervous to put her in the pack n' play just yet. We wanted her in our view the entire time. Although we didn't get any sleep, cause every single sound she made was new to us and we weren't quite sure how to respond. We definitely didn't want to miss anything, so there we were...up all night! The first of many sleepless nights... :-) Basically, it was spent changing diapers, rocking her to sleep, feeding her, staring at her, not believing she was ours, etc. It was a great night and one that we will never forget!!