Coming Home

We got to take Ethan home from the hospital on September 11th, 2008. What a pleasant homecoming it was. A pretty stark contrast to last year when we were a bit apprehensive about going home and comfortable at the hospital under the nurse's care. This time, however, felt different. We were anxious to get home and get our whole new family structure started.

Camden had visited the hospital with Grandma and Grandpa during our stay. He seemed a bit indifferent and unsure of things. He was more interested in the cabinet doors of Ethan's bassinet than anything else. But we wanted to get home and get our two boys together and see how they would begin to interact with one another. More on that in later posts....

We had another great experience at Methodist Hospital. Just as we remembered it from only a year ago. The nurses and doctors were all fabulous, again. Here's a roll of the caregivers we want to give special thanks to:

• Dr. Norwick (on-call OB)
• Dr. Farias (on call family practice)
• Dr. Peterson (anesthesiologist that applied Kim's epidural to relieve her of SO much pain)
• Dr. Helgaas (pediatrician who attended THE Ohio State University medical school)
  
• Nurse Danielle S.
  
• Nurse Anne N.
• Nurse Linda
  
• Nurse Danielle (different than the first)
• Nurse Nicole
  
• Nurse Mary
• Nurse Mackenzie P
  
• Nurse Abby and Natalie

It was funny to be back at the hospital a year after being there for the exact same thing. The grill guy at one of the restaurants recognized me from the year before. The receptionist at admitting said, "You're Mr. Nguyen, right?" And the lactation consultant that visited us remembered us from last year too. Oddly, no one offered to give us a punch card like you get at the coffee shop. Something like, "After your 10th baby your 11th delivery is free."

We're still in the process of getting everything up and running for Ethan...Flickr albums, videos, etc. Grandma and Grandpa Sindt are in town for a few more days to help out so we'll see how much we can get done while they're around. As you can imagine, this kind of thing becomes a bit more challenging with two very young ones, but we'll make it work. Here a few more pictures of Ethan before he left the hospital...

The "Thinking Man".

Mommy adores her little E.

"C'mon VOGUE! Letch' your body go with the flowww!"

Bringing home baby.