So excited

New pics of Jackson at the bottom of the post

Jill and I are just so excited that we were able to bring Jackson home today. We spent a total of 6 day's in the hospital and it really was beginning to feel like we'd never leave. It was almost like being in a prison. We stayed in a room that we kept dark and we walked the same few hallways for that whole time, and there are almost no windows. It was becoming a little surreal.

I don't think I mentioned this, but Jill was discharged from the hospital yesterday and they were letting us stay in one of the rooms free of charge because Jackson was in the NICU.That was pretty awesome of them, and I don't think I've ever seen an institution give anything away like that. However, they did evict us today because a woman who had just gone in to labor was going to need the room. They had warned us that was possible, so we weren't surprised. That kind of forced us to go home, shower and change which was a good thing. We swung back to the NICU a couple of times for feedings, and the doctor came by around 4PM and told us that he felt pretty confident in letting Jackson come home today. We were ecstatic, and as soon as the nurse got the discharge papers we were out of there.

We had Jill's mom, Jodi, meet us outside with Einstein when we got home so they could be introduced to each other in a non-territorial way for a dog. (Which was something someone told us was a good idea) It was the funniest thing to watch Einstein react to Jackson. We thought that he might sniff at him and then go do his thing like he does so often. But, when Einstein saw him as we pulled Jackson out of the car in his car seat he flipped out. He started jumping up and down trying to sniff him and running around at my feet trying to see him. I assume it's the smell of a newborn baby that must trigger some sort of pack mentality in him. Now, Einstein sits at the feet of whoever is holding Jackson and tries to sniff him, and when Jackson cries out Einstein will pop up his head and moan a little. It's wild. And it's even weirder when he starts pacing around Jill when she breast feeds.

Ok, I'm going to sign off now. With 45 minutes of sleep last night, and something like 8 hours in the last 5 days.

New pics of Jackson:
http://picasaweb.google.com/phorne96/NewJacksonPhotos