babies are home

We made it home!

I got to the hospital at around 4, just as Kelly was getting them dressed in their official "going home" clothes. Then we signed some papers, got the car seats in, and were off. We did have to pull over one time on the way, though, because Kelly got paranoid when she couldn't hear them making noise. We are a little over-protective right now.

On a side-note, we got the statements for their stays at St. Vincent's. Having them there was a little more expensive than we thought it would be. The birth itself was $10,000, and having the babies there was just about $70,000 per baby. That doesn't even count the last week at Southwest. All told, having these two little girls is going to be around $200,000. We are very lucky to have good insurance.

As soon as they got home, of course, they started crying. Feeding time never seems to end. Or pooping time, for that matter.

We're pretty sure the girls are excited to have all of their new friends and family come visit them, because leaving the house is going to be quite a production from now on. We are excited that we don't have to be on a timeline or only have three people by the bedside. As much as we had some excellent, friendly nurses, we are glad to not have people telling us what we can and cannot do. Visitors will have to excuse our mess. The babies came a little earlier than we anticipated.