Heading home

We are heading home from the hospital today.  It was a pretty uneventful time after the birth and I'm ready to be back in my own house and sleep in my own bed again.  I'm really glad that my mom is going to be here for another three weeks because life with a newborn is kind of overwhelming.

Some things I want to remember from our time in the hospital:
- Caroline was born with a tongue tie and it caused her to have a bad latch and made breastfeeding hard for her.  The lactation consultant caught it the second day of her life and it was clipped by the ENT that same day, less than two hours later.  I hope that she didn't learn any bad latching habits and that we can have a great breastfeeding experience soon.

- Caroline passed all of her tests in the hospital with flying colors.  She is able to hear out of both ears and had great APGAR scores after she was born.

- Michael's unit commander stopped by the hospital to meet Caroline and brought me flowers and Caroline a unit onesie.  It was really sweet.



Her new onesie from the command

- Caroline lost 8% of her body weight in the hospital.  She now weighs 6 pounds 9 ounces. 

Here are some pictures of our girl all set to head home.

Caroline with her paci that is almost as big as her face

All strapped in and ready to go home

Her cute blanket from her daddy