Slow Ride

What a huge day today. Brooks and I finally got to bring Mason and Ike home from Presbyterian. After what seemed like it took the hospital forever to check us out, we finally loaded the twins into their car seats and packed up all of the luggage and flowers. It's really true what everyone said to me about bringing your baby(ies) home from the hospital - you literally drive about 15 miles under the speed limit. If I would have been driving at the Cypress (a retirement community in Charlotte) I would have been passed by every 90-year-old lady on the road. I can't tell you how freaked out I was about every pothole I hit and speed hump I had to go over.

Our biggest concern once we made it home was how would the "original" child of the house react to playing second - I mean third fiddle? Last night when I came home from the hospital I brought two shirts that Mason and Ike had worn and introduced Simba to their smell. Then when we went to bed last night I laid the shirts over his nose. When I woke up this morning his nose was still tucked under the shirts! I guess he liked what he smelled.

So today when we brought Mason and Ike into the house Simba couldn't stop sniffing them. He even offered his help when Brooks was feeding Ike by licking the extra formula off his face. What was even funnier was when we finally tucked Mason and Ike into their cribs this evening, about 10 minutes later we heard what sounded like a strange noice in their room. When we peeked into their room we saw Simba sprawled out on the carpet facing the cribs. Our consensus is that Simba is thrilled to finally have a mission in life - to serve as a watchdog for the twins (unless bribed with human food, of course).

Overall, Mason and Ike were very content at home today. They slept soundly in their Pack n' Play and seemed much more relaxed than they were at the hospital. Brooks' mom is here to help and our night nurse started today, so hopefully Brooks can get some rest.

Here are some photos from today. I'm going to stop labeling them in hopes that friends and family can start telling them apart. FYI, Mason has the darker hair and Ike has the fuller lips.