I made the trip into Utah County to visit my sisters. Kim & Sara were both having their babies at the same hospital...within two days of each other! How fun would that be to have a baby in the hospital with your sister in the next room with her new baby too? I was due 2-3 weeks after both of my sisters, so with them delivering their babies...it made me feel closer to the time that I might be able to bring Charly home. It's funny how I now interpret time by my NICU life.
Kim delivered a sweet little boy named Bentley.
Sara had the biggest of all of our babies with Lincoln.
Both of them seem so HUGE compared to Charly.
They are all so adorable!
I felt so grateful and happy that both of their babies were born healthy and happy. I really tried to keep my focus and the attention on them and their babies...but everywhere I looked, everything I saw and felt reminded me that my baby was in the NICU. I wondered what my sisters were thinking about me being there. I wondered if they felt secretly happy or guilty that their sweet babies were perfectly healthy. I wondered if they really had time to think of anything anyway...because becoming a new mommy is a sort of shock to the system. I really had a wonderful time being with my mom, my sisters, Val & EB. It was a day that I won't ever forget.
I was so overcome with happiness for my sisters and sadness for my sweet Charly at the same time. Doesn't make much sense does it? I cried all the way home.
Ana-Christine was overwhelmed when she brought her last one home from the hospital. She does remember that feeling of being happy for others but...it is a feeling only those who leave their babies behind understand. Glad to see that Charly is doing so well and growing so fast.
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