We busted out of the hospital Monday evening. (Does Bean look happy to go, or what?)
Since then, we've been quickly settling back into a slightly pinker version of normal.
On a random side note, I tried to get before-and-after pictures that would really show the difference in Bean's coloring, but nothing turned out quite right. Before surgery, she was so blue that people would ask me if she'd been eating berries. In fact, two of the nurses in pre-op wanted to know if she'd had a blue or purple sucker. Check out the color of her fingers next to mine in this picture.
So, what does normal look like around here?
Well, normal looks like stealing big sister's shoes.
Eating - not just one but two - welcome home cakes from Dairy Queen (because Bean's super loved like that).
Dressing up. (What girl doesn't need a sparkly cape?)
And taking walks with big sis and two pirate-ninja-superhero-astronaut guys.
All in all, things really are mostly back to normal around here. Bean is having a little trouble sleeping, but that is certainly understandable considering the way her nights have gone for the past two weeks. I can totally empathize. When I was up with her at 1:00am this morning, somehow the reality of standing next to her crib rocking her was all blurred together with a dream of being next her hospital bed and trying to hold her without tangling the wires going to her heart monitor.
We've had a lot of help getting settled. I'm very thankful that Jeremy and my parents worked so hard to keep the big kids in their routine. I'm also incredibly grateful for all the prayers, love, and words of support that we have continued to receive even now that we're home. The meals (and the ice cream cakes) have been a delicious blessing, as well.
After the craziness of the past couple of weeks, this mama couldn't be more excited about a little bit of normal.
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