Visitors

From Greg: One down, one to go. We are working hard to make Alexander's transition from the NICU to home as easy as possible. As someone who attempts to plan every detail of his life, I have found that I no longer have that luxury. Babies are a lot of work! =) Nonetheless, it is so wonderful to have Alexander with us. All of my friends had told me, "you don't understand until you have kids." Well now I understand. Holding our children brings me the greatest joy I have ever experienced. We hope and pray that God decides it is Isabel's time to join us sooner rather than later.

I want to thank everyone for all of their continued prayers and support. We are so blessed.

Because of the difficulty of the transition and since Isabel is still at the NICU, at this time, we are not taking visitors. The logistics are too challenging. Also, we need to keep the home environment as close to "NICU sterile" as possible. After all, Alexander is still a premature baby, even though he does not really act like one. This is certainly not permanent and we will let everyone know once we are taking visitors. In the meantime, if you would like to help (and God bless everyone for helping so far), we can use prepared meals...it is so difficult to find the time to cook. If you want, you can simply drop them off (with a little advanced notice of course). I want everyone to know that Susan and I discussed this topic extensively. This was not an easy decision, but our children's health is the top priority. We love all of you very much and words cannot express the extent of our gratitude. We really cannot wait to have everyone over. Besides, whoever is holding the baby changes the diaper, right? =)