Deb Solow brought Oskar up for a morning visit to kick things off and it didn't stop until 2:30 p.m. It was great seeing many of our friends and family that live in Atlanta and having them meet Atticus for the first time.
The rest of the day, Lauren and I worked on getting back into the infant groove. Timing feedings, changing diapers, rocking, sleeping, cleaning circumcisions, etc. It's all coming back now. I remember why we were so exhausted when Oskar arrived.
Fortunately we already have the 'muscle' memory from Oskar to get us through a lot of the mechanics. This is good since we did not have a 2 year old at the time Oskar was born and I suppose a lot of our new effort will go towards building up those skills. I already feel torn between my three loves, or at least spread thin. It will be a challenge to get better at this type of juggling.
I got a chance to come home and spend the day with Oskar while Lauren and her mom visited at the hospital. He really needed some Dad time and was so excited to see me that he went around the room hugging everyone, even our neighbors who stopped by for a visit. Oskar's napping right now and I can't wait to play with him some more. It feels like weeks since we've been at the hospital, even though it's only been since early Wednesday morning. This is the longest we've been away from him since he was born and it is a strange feeling.
The doctors are having us stay one more night to be sure that Lauren is ready to go home and to monitor some mild jaundice with 'Gus'. Whatever is best for the family, even if it means interrupted institutional sleep for one last time.
Gus had his security photo taken yesterday and it should be available online by tomorrow. I'll be sure to post the link to it. Very cute.
That's all the news for today. We will be back home by tomorrow for dinner.
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