What a fabulous day!

After 11 days in the NICU we were told Liam could go home! We had been told on Sunday that he would probably get to come home middle of the week as long as his weaning from his high flow nasal canula went well. Fortunately, he was weaned down and taken off Monday without any problems, he actually seemed better without it!! YAY! The only hurdle was that he had an episode of apnea (his heartrate dropped) Monday night and his doctor wanted to monitor him for 48 hours. I had secretly hoped that we would be able to take him home Tuesday but his doctor wanted to keep him till Wednesday just to be safe. They gave us the option of "rooming in" with him Tuesday night and we jumped at the chance. Basically we checked into the hospital, and spent the night taking care of Liam. We had to check in with his nurse every 3 hours when he ate and tell them how long he nursed, if he had a wet or poopy diaper and what his temperature was but he was all ours! He had no monitors on and we could hold him as long as we wanted. He did great except he didn't want to sleep after his 11:30pm feeding till after his 2:30am feeding! Even though I hadn't slept much the night before I didn't mind rocking him, chris too. He actually slept better with the TV on. I think he was used to the lights and sounds of the NICU. Wednesday morning chris and I held our breath while the nurse took Liam to see his doctor. His doctor came in, gave us a run through of what all he had done while he was in the NICU and said he looked great! Whew. Chris loaded up the car and I waited for someone to walk us out. I could hardly contain my excitement as we walked out of the hospital! goodbye NICU! We have been home since 11:30am and so far everything is going smoothly! Chris' parents brought Avery back home and all she talks about is "bubba", she doesn't want him to nap and cried when I took him from her arms. She loves him so much, just melts my heart! I can't wait to see how they both grow up together. Thank you for your prayers during this difficult time. I am so thankful that Liam has done so well and is now home with us.

 Here is our family pic with the famous stork;

 Target checking Liam out!

Did I mention how much she loves her brother? <3