Busy Dad, Busier Mom…

I apologize that I’ve fallen a bit behind on my updates.  Here goes nothing…

We finally got over our colds and have been visiting the NICU again!  Last Friday the Trips had some out-of-state visitors when my cousin Dawn and her husband Joe (not the Dawn and Joe that just had a baby) came back to MI to visit the family.  My aunt Sharon was also able to come up with them.  It was great that they were all able to stop in for a visit.

The “playoff beard”:  What started as a lack of shaving on my part while I was at the hospital quickly transformed into a fun tribute to the NHL.  Similar to the proverbial playoff beards that are sported by many hockey players during the playoffs, I have decided that I would not shave until all of the Trips were home.  So, I guess I now have a NICU beard.  Who knows, maybe other NICU Dads will follow suit and it will become a new tradition…

Little JD continues to have a little trouble breathing.  It doesn’t appear to be anything serious, but he did have a precautionary echocardiogram today to rule out a few things.  We haven’t received the results yet, but we know that the tests were completed.  Hopefully the fact that the doc did not call means that everything came back normal.  We’ll find out for sure tomorrow when we can talk to the doc.

And the best news of the week…  Keri and Maddy are coming home tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!  Jill and I are so excited and nervous.  It’ll be great to have them home, but it’s also kind of a bummer that JD will still be in the NICU.  Scheduling visits for JD will become a bit more difficult, but hopefully he won’t be too much behind the girls in coming home.  Tomorrow should prove to be the beginning of an exciting weekend…….I better get a bit of sleep tonight while I still can.  Take care everyone, and thank you all for your support and prayers.