We're home

Two weeks and 12 hours later, Dexter finally arrives home. He is now 35 weeks old and/or -5 weeks old.

The pediatrician at TEGH proclaimed him fit to go so we left the hospital at around 1 pm today. Dexter is now five pounds and three ounces and the expectation is that he will continue to put on weight with the feedings I give him every three hours. No more 24-hour nursing care for us. If we thought we were sleep-deprived before, now the real fun begins!



The photo shows Dex dwarfed by his gigantic car seat. Actually, the car seat's normal size, as is the soother that's about 1/4 the size of his face... our boy is small (but still big for his age, since he's not supposed to be here yet).

He's already pretty comfy with the whole car seat thing, given that he was strapped in for 90 minutes a couple of days ago while he took his car seat test.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch... the cats are not happy about this new addition to our family. We'll see how this goes.