Stella Visits Home

The Todd Family minus one visited home today.  It was Stella's first trip to NY and mom's first time home in a long while.  We hated to make the trip without our little Trey but after 120 days in Burlington the time had come.  The trip was especially worthwhile as The Hooley's were visiting from Columbus.  Their visit was the motivation for the trip, and Mom has been really anxious to visit Cole.  Hopefully this 22 hour visit will provide some much needed rejuvenation as we come into the home stretch.

Trey is being well taken care of in our absence.  His central line was removed today - it was no longer being used and keeping it brings along an infection risk.  Caroline, who usually sits with Stella, generously offered some of her time to sit with Trey today.  We wanted to make sure Trey was held while we were away so we really appreciate her help.

While we were here we had the chance to set up our webcam, which was an early homecoming gift from Stella and Trey's Aunts.   We skyped with Aunt Patti and Haley today; it was so great to see them.  Aunt Patti is just weeks away from her delivery and although we talk with her frequently it was wonderful to actually see her.

Tomorrow a few of our friends will be stopping by for a quick breakfast before we head back to Vermont.

It was an emotional day but with the agony of deciding to make the trip behind us and the joy of family time we can rest assured that we made a choice that was right for us.  We look forward to being back with our little buddy tomorrow afternoon.