HANNER HOUSE: Baby Brian's First Night at Home

We received news at about 6:30 p.m. that Baby Brian was released from the hospital along with his mother, Danielle......good news as Danielle tends to get a bit "fussy" cooped up in the hospital! So, all of us are enscounced in the Yilmaz residence. Brian is doing great.....he's pooped, Danielle is still working on it! (Hanner's experience difficulty conversing if they don't get to talk some about POOP!) Danielle is following along in my footsteps it would seem; things are always happening to her. We all left the hospital together, but in separate vehicles. David and I went to get Chinese carry-out, Danielle, Ozzie, Sophie, and Brian all rode home together. Upon entering the house Sophie became frustrated with her mother and told her (Danielle) she was hateful, or something like that, upon which she was quite forcefully reprimanded. While this was going on between Danielle and Sophie (who by then was crying loudly of course) Ozzie let the dog out to go to the potty; she immediately has a full blown seizure in the front yard! Meanwhile Baby Brian is crying because he has pooped his pants, the neighbors are wondering what is going on with the dog, Sophie is of course screeching. When we get home Danielle is trying to change Brian, Sophie is in her room contemplating life with a baby brother, and Ozzie is trying to help Danielle get everything together to clean up Brian, and the dog is limp in the floor.....we walk in with the Chinese take out and wonder what in the "hell" is going on! Ha. What an inauspacious beginning to the evening. However, that was the only upheaval, the remainder of the evening went relatively smooth, although Sophie is still experiencing some difficulty with not being the total center of Mama's world. She loves Brian, but just doesn't feel as secure as she would like with her new big sister "position" in the family.....she's a mess. But life is great and we cherish these moments.
Audra and Kyle (the dogs) are in Siesta Key enjoying the sunshine on the beach! Brian and Pam are watching Kylee and Michael, Christopher is in summer school, and Kirsten is at basketball camp (where she won the free throw competition among the campers). So, we are all spread out, but keeping up with Baby Brian's progress through cell phones and ipods....pictures have been flying through the "waves".