He's Home.....Now What?

Well, he came home Thursday, much to our surprise.  I had not even left Rankin yet for my visit when Carrie called and said they are sending us home.  So, I rushed to Best Buy and bought a freezer for the milk, met with the people to give the 5th wheel key back, and then went and picked up our little family.  We had a stop at the pharmacy on the way home to get his prevacid, and we were off.  We got home, and watched him intently for a few hours hoping he would just keep breathing.  (You get kind of used to a monitor with numbers that give a little assurance when you can't see the rise and fall of his chest due to swaddling)  The first night was rough because our house was too quiet.  Poor Shiloh could not rest.  I made a mad dash to the store in Midland yesterday and got groceries and a few things for the house (namely a diaper pail since he can't fit the cloth yet).  While I was there I got a sound machine, and there is one sound on it that puts him right to sleep.  There is another sound that sounds like a demon talking, but that's another post.  Last night slept completely except for his feedings which means that mom slept well too.  So now we're home, and we're in a routine.  You may be wondering now what?

Honestly, for the next few weeks, this will still be a blog about his growth and progress only.  It will always be that, but our vision for www.wheresshiloh.com is so much bigger than just a set of updates.  Out is West Texas, and the Permian Basin as a whole, there is a lot of beautiful countryside.  Also, anyone who knows us knows our vacations are always driving vacations.  So, between family day trips on days off and family vacations, we hope to have fun with this blog/website.  When he is healthier and ready to be out more, we will begin putting pictures up of Shiloh in various places.  We want this to be a fun game of guessing where he is this week.  Sometimes the place will be an exact name, and other times, it will be an area, maybe an idea.  What we want is for this site to be a way that friends and family who are not immediately around us at all times can keep up with Shiloh and all of the things he is learning and experiencing.  So, as corny as it may be, register for an account and get ready to play.  It will be so rewarding when Shiloh gets older and we can show him how many people were interested in what he was doing and where he was.  Look for a picture soon, and put your thinking caps on.  There may even be prizes later...;)