We're going HOME

I just spoke with the pediatrician. She says Lydia can be discharged today. It is quite possible that as you read this we are sitting on our own couch watching our own movie on our own TV while eating our own popcorn and holding our own little girls.

This will be the last blog post for a while. I don't have the internet at home and I'll be pretty busy taking care of the twins. I told Brandon I'd like to get out of the apartment and go to the library to blog at least once a week. We'll see how that works out.

I'd like to thank all of you who have read along during these last 18 days. There are a lot of you. This blog has averaged over 100 page views a day during November. Knowing that you all are out there and interested in what I write helped me enjoy my time here.

I'd also like to thank those of you who visited. Thank you for stopping by. Every visit was the highlight of my day. Please don't stop visiting just because we are out of the hospital.

A special thanks goes to the staff of the Special Care Nursery at LDS hospital. Your dedication to our girls has been wonderful. Thank you for all the care you gave to them and us.

There are so many things I want to say right now, but I'm afraid I don't have the words to express my feelings. I keep thinking of the end of one of my favorite movies, Apollo 13. Somehow Jim Lovell's final words in that movie seem appropriate.

"I sometimes catch myself looking up at the Moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage, thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home."

I know that I too will remember the changes in fortune during our stay at the hospital, and I'll think often about the many people who worked and prayed to let the four of us go home.

Thanks for reading! This is only the beginning . . .