Sunday Meet & Greet

Over the next few days, we'll be rewinding to post about Joey's first days, the hospital, and our beginning of  life as a family of six.

On Saturday night Joe left the hospital to pick up the girls from a friend's home.  They stayed the night with them on Friday night and spent the day playing on Saturday.  We thought the girls could use a night at home and our friends, who have three kids of their own, could use a break.

On Sunday morning Joe brought the girls up to the hospital to meet baby Joey. 

He was a hit from the start.  They entered the room chanting, "Baby Joey, baby Joey..."  After looking at him in his bassinet for a few minutes,

Xandra and Theia each took a turn holding him.

We snapped a million pictures and then

we headed to the family lounge to have a mid-morning treat.  The girls were very excited about the microwave popcorn I had stashed in my suitcase. 

After our snack we returned to my room and played on the bed, read some books, and drank some water (exciting, I know).

Everyone also attempted to push the buttons on the side of the bed about 1,000,000 times.  They're just soooo tempting!

When everyone was in bed with me, Theia would ask Joe, "Are you wonewy daddy?"  Then she would climb down and go sit on his lap so he wouldn't be lonely anymore.

Xandra found a paci in the suitcase I had brought for the baby. Since I wasn't interested in letting her give it to the baby, she gave it to her baby cow instead.

Just before leaving to go home, the girls enjoyed a picnic lunch that Joe had packed at home.  Aliyah ate her first peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  Strangely enough she has refused to eat these for me for the past several months.  I guess Joe just knows his PB&J better than I do.

When it was time to go, Xandra was disturbed to learn that baby Joey would not be going home with them immediately.  To help avoid the meltdown that was brewing, I told her that we needed her help getting a few things ready before baby Joe could come home.  I asked her if she could help daddy get the baby's basket ready (more on this later) and if she could help him organize all of the carseats in the car (we were changing the arrangement of seats in the car to accommodate the baby).  She readily accepted her tasks and they were off to get things ready for Joey to come home on Monday. 

Joey and I passed the rest of the day entertaining a few visitors and soaking up a few remaining hours of quiet.