Back in the saddle (at home)........

Finally got to take Kali 1.0 back home yesterday after a 2 night stay in the baby hotel otherwise know as Children's Mercy Hospital. As much as it is a bummer to have to stay in a hospital for a night or two, we're extremely blessed to have one of the best children's hospitals in the nation a few minutes from our home. The staff was great the whole time we were there and did a great job of getting Kali back into shape relatively quickly.

The staff mentioned how good Kali was as a patient. They were always surprised how little she complained/cried when they were giving her treatments or checking her out by poking and prodding her. The hospital had wagons that you could use to wheel around the kids in the hospital. Kali loved the wagon rides (as long as the wagon kept moving) and liked to wear her new hat that she got for her birthday. She received tons of 'Awwwwww!' responses as she rode down the hall from passing people. She loved the attention.

When I went down to pick Kali and Mrs. Lime up, I took along Nova 7.9 since he hadn't been on a ride in awhile. When I put Kali into the car, she saw the dog and squealed loudly with delight. I could hardly get her strapped into her car seat because she was excited to see the dog and wanted to pet him. So, it appears that Kali isn't holding any ill-will against the dog for the bite incident a few days earlier.

Kali got home and started to giggle and kick her feet as soon as she saw some of her toys. She wanted down to play. Her IV in the hospital was on her ankle, so she didn't get to crawl or walk around much while she was there. She spent the first hour or two at home just crawling around and playing with toys. She was pretty happy to be free again. We also opened up her new toys from her birthday party so she could play with them. Grandpa B. brought by some balloons and a stuffed animal for Valentine's Day. She loved the balloons and played with them quite a bit. By 8:00 PM, she was pretty tired and went right to sleep in her crib without any issues. I think she was pretty glad to be back at home in her regular routine.