There's No Place Like Home

We have been home for a little less than a week now...there really is no place like home. Alex is feeling much better. His incision continues to heal. We are still packing one spot where fluid was an issue, but the rest of it looks great. The place they removed is almost completely healed already! I learned right after I posted the previous post that it was not a granuloma...but "hypergranulized tissue" or "proud flesh". We liked the "proud flesh" name as our church's last sermon series included a sermon on how to eliminate "pride" in your daily life :). Alex's outings have included a couple of walks, a trip to his parent's house for dinner, Olive Garden, church, the doctor's office today, and hopefully we will make it to the sporting goods store today to shop for new fancy tennis shoes for his birthday. We have not yet pinned down what Friday's festivities will include for his 28th birthday bash. We'll have to see what he's up for.

My mom has been in town for a few days now helping get some things finished around the house and helping take care of Alex when I'm out running errands. So far we've removed wallpaper, she's started painting almost all of the remaining trim/cabinets and we have plans to finish doors and prime the future nursery. Thursday is our first ultrasound, so there's been lots of talk about how to paint/decorate the baby's room depending on the gender. We are so very excited to find out what sex this little person is who is growing inside of me! Mostly, I can't wait for Alex and I to be able to talk to it and start calling him "him" or her "her" instead of "IT"! I plan on giving the baby his/her very own blog site after Thursday, so I'll post a link to it here as well :).