if glancing over and seeing s in his little bin next to my hospital bed was surreal, bringing him home was more so. this little guy is really here to stay! =)
within hours we had our first visitor - miss j bearing bags of boy clothes! good thing too, since ben has informed me that our 'neutral' yellow clothes are not acceptable ;-) and my back is very thankful for the bassinet pieces she lent us, ours having disappeared somewhere in the move.
the two big sisters could not have been more excited:
anyone who has brought home a newborn has experienced this curious phenomenon: the older siblings suddenly and overnight (overnightedly?) become giants! it's quite extraordinary =) as if to prove the point, c singlehandedly put together our 300 piece puzzle the day we got home from the hospital. her sister presented daddy with a card with all our names written in it. a few days later, just before going back to work, ben took the girls to annapolis for a boat ride, and the lady waved the kids through, assuming they were under 3. to which c said, 'daddy, that says TIC-KETS,' and ben said, 'um, no, they're not under 3' ;-)
a reminder that growth is always happening under our noses, even when it seems like everything goes in one ear and out the other - 'go brush your teeth - NOW', 'are you speaking kindly to your sister?', 'you better not get anything else out before you put these twelve things away', 'eat what you're given, be thankful for what you have', etc. etc. =p
'so neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. for we are God's fellow workers. you are God's field, God's building.'
- 1 corinthians 3:7, 9
