Coming Home - Take TWO!

She's home!!
She did so great Friday night when Dan was with her at the hospital! She is a daddy's girl already and just needed to be with him I guess! They took her off oxygen Saturday morning and by yesterday afternoon Dr. W said she was able to come home. I was so surprised at her quick turnaround, but I know it was because of the many prayers given on Lauren's behalf. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. We were really expecting a tougher recovery and a few days longer in the hospital from what we had initially been told.
I was able to take Greg to watch Graham play his first soccer game this season Saturday morning. Brrrrr....were we cold! It was great to get my mind off the hospital and concentrate on the boys. Let's just say Graham is not the new Beckham, but that kid runs with the biggest grin that you have ever seen. He got a few kicks in and was thrilled with himself over it. He is so joyful out there, I think he's just pleased to be having fun with the other kids and part of the team. In the meantime we'll keep practicing!
On a side note: Moms, take a listen to yourself at sporting events. If you notice that you are the ONLY one screaming your child's name over and over - coaching and criticizing her from the sidelines over a FIVE YEAR OLD SOCCER GAME WHERE THEY DON'T KEEP SCORE, then silence yourself. You are sucking the fun out of it for others around you and your child. Trust me.
Anywhoo....
Afterwards I took the boys to see "Horton" at the movies. Another distraction for me and fun for the boys. They were as good as gold and I didn't mind the movie either. Except that kangaroo. Does anyone else cringe when cartoons use a word like "stupid" when you are trying SO hard not to teach those words to your kids at home? So I tell them that's not a nice word and yet the kangaroo says it loud and clear. Oh well, at least even little Greg got that "the kangaroo was not very nice at ALL mom!"

It was a beautiful thing to hold my daughter at home last night, rocking her to sleep without cords, wires and tubes. I dressed her to come home from the hospital in her special outfit Grandma bought her to come home in after she was born. Hoping this time it sticks and there are no more visits back anytime soon!