That’s right, we finally are all home as one BIG happy family. After us not knowing for sure if Avery and Alex would be able to go home today because of high bilirubin (jaundice) levels, they finally ended up discharging them in the evening. I don’t think I need to say that Jen and I were thrilled!

After a big effort to pack up and get them all ready, we began our exit from the hospital and into the world as a family. My first opinion about the whole process… wow, carying these two guys around in their car seats is harder than I thought. This will either break my back or get me into shape.

Jen took a well deserved snooze on the 45 minute car ride home from the hospital. It’s normally more like a 30-something car ride any other day but I had the cruise control set at the speed limit the whole way. It’s weird because having such precious cargo made me 100x more cautious about what everybody else on the road was doing. I guess in the end hopefully having Alex and Avery will make me a better driver.

They slept the whole way home just like I expected they would. I guess I always had the idea that kids falling asleep in their carseat is like an automatic thing. Must be some chemical that they put into the plastic or something. Hey, works for me.

Once we got home I shifted into “get re-organized” mode and began with unpacking the car. It’s funny because when we went to the hospital we had 1 small suitcase and a few pillows. Coming home we had an entire trunk full of crap. Most of it ended up being free samples of this and that and a TON of junk that we swiped from the hospital. We have a bunch more newborn diapers, receiving blanket, etc. now. Thanks HCGH!

After letting the other family members check out the new babies, Jen got settled in and gave the kids their first home feeding. I proceeded to setup the billy blankets in their crib to help get their jaundice issues resolved. It’s funny with the device in there, it look slike they’re glowing in their sleep.

Hopefully now we can both start to get caught up on our sleep. I have slept probably 6-8 hours since Tuesday at 7am. Jen has probably had even less than that. She has been so great and has worked so hard over the past 5 days. The kids and I are very lucky to have such a dedicated woman in the family whose willing to do whatever she has to for us.

The “Alex and Avery” photo album has been updated.  Check it out!  I’ll be adding titles and comments for the pictures eventually when I get time.