She Will Amaze You

Do you ever wonder how things happen? Or why they happen?

We made the trek, on Sunday, to the Island to place flowers on my grandmother's grave, in celebration of her birthday. At that point, we thought it would still be a couple weeks until Ellie would come home. All of a sudden, everything came together, and Ellie came home on my grandmother's birthday.

We have all our hours covered for nursing, but they made it very clear that it's probable we won't always get our nursing hours covered, because they don't have back-ups waiting in the wings, in case one doesn't show up. Today, we discovered that our new neighbour, directly beside us, is a NICU nurse, on maternity leave, who offered to be our backup.

I remember counting the days that Ellie was in the NICU, and the days she spent at home after. When we surpassed 63 days, I felt like she was really mine. This time, Ellie was in the ICU for 86 days. 86 days from yesterday takes us to her original due date, June 15th.

I have a seven cup winning streak at Tim Horton's... Jason has never won!