Hi Folks
Sorry it's taken so long for me to write a recap of the weekend with Josiah - just so busy!
Our time with Josiah from Friday to Sunday was AMAZING!! Definitely the most incredible time we've ever had as a family! Josiah was an absolute pro-star and he loved it just as much as we did. I think he was pretty giddy about the fact he was able to wake up in the morning and have us there to greet him!!
Most of the time we just hung out in the room. After living in public for 14+ months, it was magical just being alone as a family for the first time ever. We did venture out to IKEA in Port Coquitlam and Josiah was excellent the entire time. Marie had the trial of changing his diaper in a public washroom (I can see how this is going to provide a lot of challenges down the road) and Josiah proved that he can handle a 30+ minute van ride while teething and sitting in a dirty diaper - awesome!
Because we have did pretty much everything for Josiah in the last few months, it was good practice for us working out a night time sleeping/watching schedule for the nights we won't have nursing support when we go home. We were also able to troubleshoot a couple of typical problems that would arise, and that also boosted our confidence.
Ultimately, Sunday was a very difficult day because we had to return him back to the TCU and not bring him home with us. We didn't want to leave, and it was hard handing his care back to the nurses when we know that we can do and had just a small taste of it.
So we're counting the days: 15 days until Josiah comes home with us!!
Thanks for the prayers and the cheering with us along the way.
- Andrew, Marie & Josiah
9 comments:
Absolutely awesome news!! Thanks for sharing this. I'm counting down the days with you now. God bless the 3 of you.
Love, Bev J.
Splendid!! Sharing your joy in counting down the days to homecoming.
I'm so glad to hear all this happy news.
(Sorry I haven't been able to get a copy of the recording over to you. Jeff is so busy and he says he doesn't think it's possible to get a recording off of the type of pvr I used. We have two pvrs and apparently I used the wrong one. Sorry guys!)
Absolutely delighted that it went so well. Love Mom
sounds good so far. I'm thrilled and happy for the three of you.
Love Sue
I am elated that things went SO WELL. I can picture the excitement when the home day actually arrives. Thanks for keeping us updated. Glad you liked the pictures of Hayden.
Love Eileen and Doug
This is fantastic news! Way to go Team Josiah! Can't wait to hear that you are headed "home" and for all the privacy that you want!
Karen, Brad, Lauren, Dana
Delta, BC
Hey guys! We are so happy to hear that your practice run went so well! What an awesome little man you have!! We are super pumped that he gets to finally come home in two weeks and continue to pray for you all. We saw the clip of Marie on the news and she did a fabulous job! Love you all!
Way to go you guys, I can't imagine how excited and anxious you are to have Josiah home with you!
Robynn
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