Wednesday - The rockstar returns

Emma cried when her mom picked her up from Rose Anne's today. My family in pieces is bringing me down. Our happy girl cries a lot these days. When I built the house, the run toward our Christmas move in date was a time that I had never wanted to repeat. Emma was 5 months old, Tara was homeless with her new daughter, and I was separated from my family, for more nights than I care to remember, as I worked toward getting it done. Its like we are doing it all over again.

I forgot how much energy a healthy daughter has. She wants to walk/dance/run and sing/talk/yell. It is wonderful. Of course, grocery shopping with Uncle Mike was priceless, as I watched him chase her around as she decided the chase game was fun through the crowds and up and down the isles, the entire time taking things off of t

he shelves and showing them to him. The guys are all back working at the house this week. That seems to get Emma's(Dad's) mind off of no Mom. Tara came home this afternoon. It actually nice to be in the office with her there. The norm would be one of us storming out on the other. Some information for you in case you find yourself rummaging through the fridge for something to eat. Breast milk is fine in a fridge 6 days. Frozen in fridge freezer is good for 3 months, double that for chest freezers. After thawing it is good for 3 days. Tuesday night, as a family, we went to the hospital. This is

Emma's first return since early last week. She ran on the "ceiling fan" on the floor before going in to "talk to the ladies". She still struts in like she owns the place, and the lady's still come out of the wood work to fuss over her and get her to do/say something inappropriate. #2250 is the extension for the desk at the NICU if you ever feel that Emma has been inappropriate in some way and ask for Sandy...

Sam in the mean time has taken to his new feeding ritual. He is again on the course of positive weight gain and now above his birth weight. We brought Sam's car seat in with us. This will be the final test for him to pass. We are closer.