40 days and 39 nights

Well as most of you already know we reached the finish line! After a long 40 days Kailyn got to come home on Friday, April 27th! She was released at a gestational age of 34 weeks and 3 days...long before she even should've come into the world! Until the day she was released she continued to amaze her nurses and doctors. She takes her bottles like a champ and rarely has any apnea spells and they are only when she's eating. She has adjusted well to being at home, enjoying her new surroundings and taking everything in. She has only been out of the house to take Jake to school and pick him up. Her visitors have been very limited but we don't want to risk her getting sick. We've come too far for any setbacks now! Don't get us wrong, we are very ready to show her off but all in due time. Jake is loving her being home just as much as we are and is such a great big brother. Gunner and Remi (our dogs) don't quite know what to think. Remi is indifferent but Gunner is very protective of her..almost to the obsessive point. When he is in the house he doesn't leave her side..and will follow us from one room to another if we are carrying her. He even sleeps next to her bed! Kailyn has her first visit with the pediatrician tomorrow and we are anxious to see how much she weighs now. Thank you to all of you for your prayers. They mean more to us than you will ever know! I can't end this post without talking about the AMAZING nurses and doctor's that cared for Kailyn. You can see the love they have for "their babies" and treat them as they would their own. We had a few nurses that had Kailyn almost every time they worked and we developed close relationships with them. They saw us at our most stressed out and vulnerable moments and liked us anyway :). We couldn't have made it thru the last 40 days without them. It was bittersweet to leave because we consider them friends but they are following her on Facebook and thru this blog. As far as her Dr...all I can say is how many Dr's hug you when you leave the hospital?