Adjusting to life at home

To all of you parents out there....you are amazing.  I thought I had a pretty good idea of what raising a newborn might be like but now I'm starting to really understand.  We've only had Austin home for a couple of days now and it's been challenging.  Adjusting our way of life is going to take some time but we are making the best of it.

Austin is doing pretty well and is getting acclimated to home.  He's been taking a little less volume with his feeds and thus is not sleeping as long between them.  In the ICN he was taking between 2 and 2 1/2 ounces every 4 hours and has taken between 1 1/2 and 2 ounces every 3 hours since he's been home.  You can do the math on that if you'd like but the answer is less sleep for Mom and Dad.  Austin had his first appointment with his pediatrician today and everything checked out fine.  He weighed in at 6 lbs, 15 oz and measured 19 1/2 inches long so he's still growing like the weeds in our backyard.  This is the first of many doctor visits unfortunately.  We've got appointments lined up already with occupational therapy (for his hand splints), pulmonologist (for his lung function), dietitian (feeding), geneticist (follow up on his genetic condition), maxillofacial (for his cleft palate), ENT doctor (for his airway), opthomologist (follow up check on his eyes), and the urologist (for his cordee).  So lots to come for our little fighter.

Enough writing, you just want pictures anyways.  :)

Here's our lovely new oxygen tank which sits downstairs.  Austin is hooked up to a 50 foot tube so we can move him upstairs to his nursery.  He's also hooked up to an apnea monitor when he's not with us.  It gets a bit tricky navigating all of the chords, but we're pretty used to it at this point. 

Little man catching a nap in his bassinet (thanks Aunt Shelly!)

Anyone need any milk?  I know, ridiculous right? 

Austin's room.  Still a work in progress, but cozy nonetheless. 

Most importantly, I got the 'Boys Room' setup in time for the opening NFL weekend.  Yes, I have a problem.