I woke groggily to the soft cries from Landon in the incubator. I gently pulled my arm out from under Demi and got up to go check what was up. I grabbed my glasses as I walked over and saw that it was nearly 8 in the morning. He'd woken us up a couple hours ago because he had a dirty diaper and I couldn't imagine that was why he was crying now, maybe it was breakfast time. I opened up his diaper and checked there and sure enough it was dry so I walked over to where a bottle of milk was already waiting. Demi began to stir while I was walking over to get him. I gently picked him up and sat in the rocking chair to feed him. The nurse had been giving us a lot more freedom lately, letting us change his diaper without her telling us that's what was up or that it was feeding but she liked to leave subtle hints as well. "G'morning, Landon." I smiled sleepily at him but he was cranky without his food so I placed the nipple of the bottle at his lips and he immediately started sucking down his milk. I'd heard about babies that it takes a while
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There was nothing I loved more than waking up to my son AND my husband, looking adorable as ever having some daddy/son time. What made this morning even better was when the nurse walked in on the three of us cuddling and talking to inform us that today would be Landon's weigh-in. If he passed the 6 pound mark and, of course, all his other tests, he would be released today. I planned on stuffing his diaper with quarters so that he could make the weigh-in. Not really, but I sure as hell had thought of it. "He sure as heck feels heavier," I leaned my head back so that Cody had more access to my neck, encouraging him to continue kissing at it. I had felt so unsexy this past week that I had been in the hospital. A hospital gown, a bloody vagina, no makeup and picked up hair can do that to you. But Cody's kisses and love always made me feel better. "I can use Landon is my free weights when you start training me," I joked. When he finally pulled away from kissing at my neck, I told him that he should go pull out Landon's going home outfit,
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After being pricked, Landon started to cry and big fat tears rolled down his cheeks. I frowned and picked him up, rocking him to calm him down. Landon started to calm down a little, but tears were still in the corners of his eyes and occasionally rolled down. "Big tough boy, aren't you? They're almost done poking and prodding you." The nurse waited until he was calm and even fell asleep before asking me to place him on the scale. I laid him down on the cold scale, wishing they had someone that wasn't metal! I watched as the number slowly climbed out. I jumped up and shouted in excitement the second it hit 6 lbs. Demi started celebrating with me and I pulled her into a big hug. I let her out of the hug and leaned down and gave him a kiss on his forehead even though he was sleeping through the celebration. The nurse told us we could go ahead and start packing our stuff and readying the car to take him home while we waited for the blood work. I nodded and Demi picked Landon up and led the way to our room. Half way to our room, Demi
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I waited in the car, just staring silently at my beautiful son. I seemed to be doing that a lot these past few days. I just didn't have the confidence to be outgoing or talkative lately. Except when it came to my husband and son because I knew that both of their loves for me were unconditional and that they would never judge me or shun me based on my appearance. But I pulled away from staring at my sleeping son when I heard Cody's footsteps approaching. I undid his buckle in the carseat and carried him onto my shoulder, patting his back softly so that he remained asleep. Cody led the way upstairs and to Landon's room before I placed him inside his crib, the crib he probably won't be using too often in the upcoming weeks because I don't think I can part from him. Cody grabbed my hand and pulled me excitedly to go see the kids. The second he opened the door, it was as if Venice had smelled me from miles away. He charged at me and got on his two hind legs, jumping up and licking and clawing me while doing so. I tried leaning down to hug
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My eyes opened wide when Demi yelled at Venny because Demi had never done that before to him. She always gave me a talk whenever I scolded him. Demi asked if we could turn on the baby monitor so she could still see him but be with the kiddies. "Yeah, I'll go get it!" I ran up the stairs then quietly slipped into the room. I turned on the monitor and stared down at him, getting lost for a moment. I couldn't help but stare at him, he was a little miracle. I shook my head and headed out to go back to our room. "Alright, so I have the big monitor set up on the bedside table and then this here," I held up the walkie talkie looking monitor, "Is so we can walk around the house and still keep an eye on him." Demi grabbed it from me and held it to her chest as if it was Landon himself. I frowned, ready to put the kids up and go get Landon to put back in her hands. Demi was so terrified that Landon would be taken from her that it broke my heart. I scooped Belly up onto the bed and Venny jumped up so just his front half was on the bed then
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