Homecoming :)

On Monday, October 22, 2012, after nearly three weeks in the hospital, we were finally able to bring our little girl home.

She is in a "car bed" so she can breathe more easily (the normal car seat puts her chin to her chest, making breathing harder for her)

We have now been home for nearly a week, and things are going wonderfully!  Though you may not think of them at first, there are several pluses to having a baby in the NICU, and one is that they are already on a sleeping/eating routine by the time you take them home!  Lucy is a rock-star eater.  We had our first doctor's appointment yesterday and she weighed a whopping 5 lbs, 15 oz - almost 6 lbs and a pound and an ounce heavier than her birth weight (which is pretty remarkable, considering she lost 10 oz while at the hospital).  She is still sleeping 97% of the time, but that is to be expected from a premie.

We are so happy to have her home!  We will not have her out much due to the start of flu season and the fact that, as a premie, she is more prone to infection.