Pinch me! My news is almost unbelievable to me-- after 45 days in the infant intensive care unit, today we were released. Joyce was Kean's nurse the last few days. And that's Dr. Meyer, the Neo-natalogist on the right. He's the guy who gave us our walking papers today. Oh, bless him.
Maybe I should rephrase that... he gave us our "riding papers". To carry the baby out of the hospital, they made me ride a wheel chair. Been there, done that, so it wasn't so bad. Kind of a "for old times sake" ride for me.
Here's Kean all snuggled into his car seat with his monitors and my car full of tons of hospital paraphernalia (diapers, bottles, PAPERWORK, stuffed animals, clothes, blankets etc.).
Surprise, surprise, the Barker girls were waiting when we got home. (The discharge process took all day). The girls... were, well, let's just say giddy.
Talk about baptism by fire... Kean went from the dark, quiet of NICU to loud, loud, non-stop chattering girls.
Ahhhhh, it's wonderful to be home. 
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Yay!!!! So happy for you guys! Hope all goes well tonight (and forever!) :)
HOORAY!HOORAY!HOORAY!
September 23, 2009 - Oh Happy Day!!!
So I knew this little brave-hearted baby boy wanted to prove everyone wrong. He didn't want to waste one more minute showing his strength and strong will to the NICU docs and nurses. He wanted to get home to his family. Enjoy the chaos baby Kean!
Prayers for Byron's father.
Love,
Cindy
Great news! Now we expect more family pictures. =}
I'm so happy for your adorable family :) Loves.
Congrats. Kean will fit in well with all of the girls. I'm sure they are all excited to help out. They look so happy to have their brother home.
We are so happy for you!!! Please don't forget to take a minute (when you have one) and update us on his progress.
Wow! Those are some happy little girls! :) It's surreal looking at pictures of him in the sunlight! I'm so happy for you all!
Love the Fullers!
We are all so excited for you!
Congratulations!!! Thanks for sharing pictures of the girls and their excitement...it is obvious that Kean will be VERY well taken care of!!
Oh, congratulations!!!!!!!!!! I hope you get some sleep tonight!
Whoohoo! You did it!! Now hopefully you can start to rebuild a sense of normalcy in your home. I can't wait to see a picture of your whole family together. It will be the first!
All I can think is that you must be in a state of
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Wow!!!! can you believe you endured endless bedrest with this guy, endless NICU stay, and now he is officially part of the "BARKERS AT HOME!" That photo of the whole fam in the car just made me smile. That's some serious happiness goin on there.
congratulations! glad your mom will be there to help you with everything. hopefully you're getting your strength back more and more each day...love ya.
Yay!!! That's such great news! I am so happy for you!
We are so happy for you! I am so glad he is out of there. Now real life begins. If you need anything please let me know. What a sweet little family you have. Those girls are going to just love him to pieces.
Hallelujah! Yeehaaaaaaw! So, so, SO happy for you, Lonni! He will probably be smothered with kisses from his big sisters. What a great home to go to. Hope all goes well for you there and that you guys can get some sleep. You probably aren't going to know what to do with yourself when you no longer have to spend a zillion dollars on gas. Love you guys so much.
Kim
Yea!!! I'm sure Kean will thrive being home with all his sisters! I'm happy your life will now calm down. Very exciting... congrats!
Hooray! that's great Lonni!
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