I know, I'm behind....

First of all, MERRY MERRY Christmas to all of blogland! I must say, we at the Beaver Dam feel a whole new kind of "merry" this year. I pray you all have a great season with family and friends, worshipping our Savior. I will have fun Christmas pictures soon, but now I have to update on the homecoming of our Brooklyn. I am behind for all those "newborn" reasons... no sleep, takes 2 hours to eat, pump after, try to sleep, have to wake up and start all over again... yeah, fun. :) But it is better at home than the hospital!!!!

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Here is our Reagan "building a bear" to take to the hospital to Brooklyn.

She and Adley both have bunnies from when they were born, so B gets one too.
"Ta-da!"
First time for B to snuggle with her Aunt Mary.

And first with Grandmommy. First of millions of kisses from her I'm sure!

R really does love her. Makes my heart hurt!

Turbo's first time to hold her too. We loved NICU 2!!

Little snuggle time with Mommy too.

Love these lips!

We got the call on the 19th that she was going home that day! We had asked for days when it would be, and they just kept saying "soon." But we had no idea! So, that day was beyond hectic getting all her consults and everything cleared. We were there forever and didn't come home until after 8:00pm. But it was worth it! Here she is passing her car seat test. :) With a look that tells how much she loved it.

Putting on our own clothes for the first time!

This monkey is from Granddaddy. He said it was so she would be a climber like her sister.

All dressed, ready to go, getting one last feeding in before the ride home.

Seeya, NICU!!!

First car ride. She doesn't even remember it.

Proud Daddy carrying her inside!

Welcome home, Baby Sister!!!

"Here, Dad. Let me help you!"

Granddaddy's first time to hold her. He left for a day, then came back just in time for her to come home!

M&D have this exact picture with all 4 grandkids.

Sometimes R just has to check on her. It is so sweet. :)

This is one of my favorite pics of all time.

Adam, Missy, and the kids got here the next day. First time snugglin' with Uncle A-moo. (Reagan's name for him has kinda stuck.)

Lots of hand sanitizer in use at our house. That way the kids got to hold her too. I love Adley's bedhead in this one!

Sweet Corbin can't get enough of her!

B got LOTS of lovin' from Aunt Missy. She took some night shifts for me so I could sleep. God bless her.

See?? I can't sleep while touching anyone, even a baby. Missy can. Greatness.

Grandmommy gave R her first bath at home too. We have to still sponge bathe her until we get stitches out next week... we hope. But she did great!

Cutie!!!

All clean and zonked out.

She is a great eater and sleeper... once she decides to eat. Nursing a kid who is used to being bottled fed in the NICU is proving to be quite a challenge, but we're hanging in there. We did have to learn to do catheters on her, 3 times a day. But we're pros now! Hopefully that will be short lived, but it is no big deal. Having her here is just so great... hope I can sing the same tune when I am by myself and David goes back to work in a week or two!!! But for now, we are just so thankful she is doing so great. Thank you all for your continued support and prayers... I will try to update more often!!! Love to all, and again, Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!