Home - Sweet (yet, loud) - Home

We are home!!! I am slowly acclimating to the loudness of a small house with a lot of people!  It's amazing what 9 days of quiet can do... After years of being used to all the busyness of lots of kiddos! I'm incredibly tired, a little grumpy (kids keep climbing on me causing great pain), and I have a headache, but I'm home... We are home!!!  Our family of 10 is all together for the first time!  Praise God!
The kids are enthralled with their new baby brother!  Especially Judah!  He is so cute and keeps asking all kinds of questions... trying to grasp the miracle of birth in his 2 year old little mind.  I've added a video we took of him shortly after coming home... So cute!  All of the kids have been begging to hold Ezekiel constantly... To the point where I had to say nobody gets to hold him (ever)!  Feeling a little protective of this little guy that has already been through so much!  And maybe slightly hormonal (just a little)!
Ezekiel is doing great!  Nursing and sleeping, and not minding the constant "petting" or loudness in the least.  I'm sure he finally feels "at home", familiar with all these noises from his many months inside of me!  He has been awake a good portion of his time home... And he is soooo cute!!!
I am excited to get back to normal "life", but I know that my body still needs time to recover.  I thought that it was the pain meds making me tired all the time, but I am off of them, and still feel drained from the slightest bit of activity.  Please pray that I can "lay low" the next couple weeks, so my body can recover.  Anyone that knows me, knows I don't do "lay low" or "light activity" well!  I feel great (other then tired, hormonal,  and headache today) and keep forgetting that I just had some pretty major surgery!  My tummy is still very sensitive to the touch and my leg (where the blood clots are) is very tender and sore.
Dakota has been AMAZING keeping up the house, laundry, and many visits to the hospital!  She is such an incredible young lady!  I appreciate her more then words can say!  Also, after spending the last week in NICU, she has decided to pursue going to school to become a NICU nurse!  Isn't it incredible to see God bringing such beauty from the pain and "unknowns" of the last month?!?  She would be a perfect NICU nurse and we have been praying that God would show her what to do next - she's a senior this year!

The rest of the kids all survived their "vacation".... But I can tell there is a "settling" that I am home.  At least 1 of them (can't mention any names) hadn't showered since I left 9 days ago!  How that happened... I'm not sure!  I'm sure much more went on (they've admitted to chips for breakfast, soda and candy galore, and all sleeping in my room with Daddy) that may never be heard!
We have been incredibly blessed with all the meals, child care, prayers, gifts, visits, and support!  I can't express how much it has meant to me!  Thank you again to all those that helped in any way!  There has still been talk about writing up a medical report about the success of my surgery.  I am so excited that other women with placenta accreta will hopefully benefit from the prayers, tears, research, unity, and work that went into planning, prepping, and performing the surgery!  NO blood transfusion needed is truly a miracle!  NO ICU!  To God be the glory!  I pray that He would be lifted up whenever or however it is written!
I also found out that after doing a biopsy on my uterus and placenta (for better understanding of this condition) that the placenta was only 1 mm from "breaking through" my uterine muscle in 2 separate areas, which could've been really bad!  Praise God that Dr. Sullivan stepped in and planned surgery when he did!
I keep remembering little (but big) things that I've heard over the last week or so that just make me stand in awe of our God!  And, I still see the number 17 EVERYWHERE!  Victory!!!!