McBaby's McBlog: Home Sweet Home

We are home and LOVING it! I cannot even begin to describe the feeling I had leaving the hospital; this time WITH my baby. It was a wonderful feeling! All the way home (of course I was staring at Jackson in his car seat the entire way!!) Nick and I kept saying how excited and surprised we were at going home so early. We were expecting to stay in the NICU for 1-2 more weeks. Like Nick said, what a wonderful Christmas present! St. Lukes NICU was incredible. We are so thankful that they took such great care of Jackson and us.

The transition to home has been fairly smooth. The first night was a little rough. Jackson was adjusting to a new environment, a quiet one! No beeps from monitors or other crying babies. He would only sleep if we were holding him. Now he is a great sleeper and eater. We even have to wake him up most of the time to feed him. We definitely take advantage of his awake time to play with him.

We have a lot of appointments scheduled to monitor his progress. We had some doctor visits this week. He had his follow up eye exam, which went well. The vessels in his eyes are continuing to grow, but not completely mature. The doctor said he looked great. We have one more eye exam in a couple of weeks to make sure the vessels are completely mature. We also met our pediatrician here in St. Joe, Dr. Evans. He was surprised that Jackson was born at 30 weeks and did not have oxygen or have to be sent home on a monitor. He commented that someone was really looking out for him. : ) He got weighed there-he now weighs 5lbs. 4oz. We also have Heartland Home Health that comes a couple times a week to monitor his vitals and weigh him.

It has been so special to share this time with my family. I love my boys so much!!! Enjoy the pictures below. I hope you and your families had a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of Christ. Have a Happy New Year! And thank you for your continued prayers and support. Please continue to pray for our Jackson that he continues to gain weight and stay healthy. We would also appreciate continued prayers for Grandpa Ed. We love you all.

Jackson is five weeks old now!! Looking a little bit bigger, huh?!!!!

Itty-bitty in his carseat. No tears all the way home! Go Jackson!!!

Family of 3 excited to go home!

Admiring my little boy!

So excited to go home. Just waiting on transportation to wheel me out, which I thought was strange....I still had to be escorted out in a wheel chair with Jackson even though he was just about five weeks old!