We arrived at the hospital early to find out our prayers have been answered and Mason is being released. Thus, the discharge process has been set into motion and we have to contact the adoption agency to let them know it's happening ASAP. Within the next couple of hours, we get discharged.
While I'm off prepping the Mason mobile; Stacey, the agency rep, and hospital personnel perform the discharge.
When I return to get them, they come out the NICU only to get surrounded by security and a portion of the nursing staff. Oops, someone forgot to take off his theft band and set off a Code Pink. While embarrassing, it's nice to know they would have been there to protect my main man.
From here on, it's just parenthood in full swing. We make it to the hotel rather uneventfully although bad traffic made this daddy more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
The rest of the day has been settling into the hotel and trying to not be freaked out anymore than any other parent who brings their kid home from the hospital. Yes, we know that we are those parents and we will freak out over things that many of you laugh about. We don't have the instruction manual on a baby, but we do have the Creator of baby Mason and we will lean on Him and you, our friends and family to help us through this journey called parenthood. We thank you for the many prayers to get us this far.
In just a few hours, the next milestone begins. The finalization of the adoption proceedings. We pray that all goes well.
Updates may slow down over the next few days as we get into more mundane things like staring at the four walls of the hotel room. We won't bore you with those details, but will keep you informed as we get closer to returning home.
We appreciate your prayers, we still can use them for the court proceedings, the ICPC allowing us to travel home, Mason's adjustment to being outside the hospital and for traveling home.
