Meeting Josie

G'pa Ohio came out on Monday to hang with Eddie while we had the surgery on Tuesday. He spent the WHOLE day with Ed, then G'ma Ohio flew in after classes on Wed.

During their initial visit on Wed., I was still taking two Percocet and being as small as I am, its effects can be pretty comical. I fall asleep mid-sentence and combine subconscious thoughts that happen to float through with the conversation I am currently having. I think at first it's funny and after answering the same question multiple times, gets annoying.

Apparently this gave G'ma Ohio some pause.

We can't get over how similar Josie is to Ed--the same stretches and expressions--we even have some pictures from Ed when he was a newborn in the hospital where you can't tell the difference between the 2 of them. Someday I'll find and post. So far anyway, Josie is just as mellow as Eddie, including when he manhandles her.

I had really debated about the right time for Ed to visit--or even if he should visit at all. In the end, he came on Thurs, once I was down to one Percocet (still quite talkative with that one dose). Getting a hosptial room prepared for a 2 year old was interesting, as there is a general lack of places to stash stuff, but we chuckled to ourselves as we spun the bassinet around so Eddie wouldn't see all the diapers and other temptations, cleared the bedside table and removed all possible diversions. Cookie and the g'parents came. This first picture is from that visit. We tried to downplay the baby, and had her in her bassinet when he arrived and I got out of my hospital garb, as comfortable as it is to have that breeze from behind.

Once we did pick up the baby for others to hold and then have Eddie meet, he wanted to see her up close, pointing out all her body parts, and grabbing at her. It was kind of funny, but he responded really well to her. Ultimately tho', he requested, 'baby back in bed' and we complied.

These last two pictures are of Eddie when he came to visit on Friday. He helped Mom eat her lunch and then at dinner, he came prepared with a bib and a little of his own food. I don't know which picture will show up on top, but the one of him holding Josie really surprised me.

I didn't think he'd really want to hold her and be so happy about it. She looks a little funny in her positioning, but I sure wasn't going to step in and ruin the moment to adjust her head. Den and I are hovering on each side, ready for anything. He did great.

The other picture is when Ed came at lunch. He wanted some milk, so we gave him a washcloth for a bib. It became a game, with him wanting washclothes all over. He was so proud to be drinking from a cup.

I didn't realize how much I missed him until he came, and was happy he was able to come again that night.

I thought I lightened this picture of the 4 of us--hopefully it looks okay.