Home from the Hospital

March 4, 2011

Dear Buddy,

I'm not going to lie.  It was hard to leave the hospital!!
I no longer had the constant care and supervision of the nurses 24 hours a day.  If something went wrong, I couldn't just push a button and have help right away.  If I had a question, there was no one on hand to answer.  Talk about scary!

"What if I break it?"  "What do I do with him?"  "Now that he is home...what do we do?"  "Can we turn on the TV...or is that neglect?"

Your daddy was so strong.  He was my support.  He amazed me so much.  It was like he had this secret handbook on parenting that I didn't have.  I thought I was going to be teaching him everything and here he is changing your diaper and burping you while I am still afraid to break you if I touched you.  You were so tiny!

Don't worry.  I caught on.  I calmed down.  I blame the hormones I was still dealing with from the pregnancy.

But before you know it, we were in a routine and we started this new life.  This new, fun, exciting life!

Welcome home, Little Buddy!

Love,
Mommy