Saturday, November 22, 2008

Chapter Two: Home, home on the Nagel

...are often the beginnings of something else
Someone commented yesterday about the longest, scariest, slowest drive of their life being the one where they took their son home (paraphrased...not an exact quote). Well, yes and no. It wasn't the scariest. But it sure did seem to take forever. I just wanted to be at home with my girls (all three of them). After 12 weeks in the NICU every car on the road, every red light seemed to be a personal affront. The idea that we could get in a car accident never occurred to me. Perhaps I was just in too giddy and naive to think about the possibility, but while irony is a cruel cruel mistress which strikes at the worst moments it seemed too cruel even for irony.


By the time we got there the girls were zonked. Too much excitement for one day. Who can blame them?
So we put them to bed. Their bed.

All in all it was pretty near a perfect day. We ended it ...well..really late...or really early, depending on how you want to look at it...but happy.
"Give thanks the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever"

6 comments:

The Byrges said...

indeed it does endure. such a wonderful sight those pictures. best i can tell, those are the biggest smiles i have seen from the pair of you in a long time!!!

lizking100 said...

I'll tell ya what you got there- a couple regular ole garden variety babies! Crib sleepin, hat wearin, babies!

Shannon said...

Give thanks to the Lord indeed. I am so excited to see the Broge four home together. I just love their nursery and cannot wait to see it in person.

Love you,
Shannon
a.k.a. Blog stalker (haha Laura!!)

Todd and Mary Wolfram said...

Hmmmm ... methinks Jason and Mary Jane are about 6 inches taller than they were a few days ago. Floating on air, they are!

Many blessings! What a great Thanksgiving, what a great Christmas, what a great God!

Unknown said...

Congratulations, what wonderful treat right before Thanksgiving. We are very happy for all of you!

Ross & Jennifer Baker

TrentonandLaura said...

Yay, Yay, Yay....so happy that all my favorite Broges are in one place now! So happy for you all!