First Week Home

Our first week home has been great- Granny Kip stayed on to help through July 29th and Grampie Stanley came on Wednesday from Seattle to meet Oran. Aunt Grosvie, and cousins Claire (18), Frances (15), and Henry (10) drove down from Cleveland to meet him as well...We were sad to say goodbye to Skipper, Becca, and Grandmama Lucy on Sunday after leaving the hospital- but Grandmama Lucy will be back in the first week of August as will Katie and Skipper.

Highlights of the first week home included Oran's first doctor visit. He was pronounced perfect (we really like this doctor). He was given his first bath with the help of Grampie Stanley, and also had his first meal out in a restaurant as well as a walk to Prospect Park. He also got to listen to Grampie Stanley play guitar, and sing him lullabies.

During this week we discovered that Oran has his anxious time of day around 8pm when it starts to get dark out. His daddy is good at soothing him by lying him on his chest and humming. We are working at helping him understand that the night is for sleeping...Oran also enjoys havng his legs bicycled by Grannie Kip and he loves it when she sings "oodles of poodles eat noodles" to him!

He is very good at gazing into people's eyes, and seems to track the rattle when it is shaken for him. The most surprising thing he does is roll himself from his stomach to his side when we try to give him tummy time. It seems that he will do anything to get off that belly!

As we close Oran's first week home, we would like to thank everyone for being so generous with gifts and support for us- it is a blessing to bring a child into such a community of love!