Where you hang your hat

We managed to escape the hospital yesterday and got ourselves home by about 6:00pm. It is almost more surreal being here at home among all our own stuff with the little guy. Now it’s for real.

Our cat Zoe has made a few tentative feints in Ezra’s direction, though I wouldn’t say they’ve actually met yet. We’re still mulling how exactly to manage that one. I think they’ll get along famously, once Zoe realizes that he’s neither prey nor predator.

Ezra started getting a touch jaundiced yesterday, and we have relented a bit on supplementing his feeding with formula. There’s a funky little device we use with a capillary tube that attaches to Ash’s breast, so he’s still nursing … we just have to feed him a bit of the fake stuff (I call it “corporate breastmilk”) every other feeding. This has complicated feeding a bit, but he's still a pretty good eater. We’ll head to the pediatrician this afternoon for a full evaluation. Hopefully we can get him strictly au natural soon.

Otherwise, we’re feeling pretty darned good. Ash is kind of wiped, but she’s resting up in between feedings. Andi’s been a great help, too. We have been so gratified by all the emails and phone calls and Facebook shout-outs we’ve gotten over the past few days. We can’t get enough of seeing his name written out in notes and letters – that makes it feel even more real, like he’s not just some figment we cooked up in our imagination, but a real person out there in the world.

More info to follow. We’ll do our best to get some more pictures out there asap. Thanks again to all for your support and good vibes.

Much love,
Gabe, Ash and Ez