Mother's Day @ Alfred I. Du Pont in Delaware

William and I are going back to Michigan tomorrow so we decided to celebrate Mother’s Day at the hospital.  I can’t think of a more deserving mother than Sarah after she has spent the last few weeks taking care of Kaela, an infant and working for 20 hours per week.  Wow!

A few days before, Kaela and I went down to the child life room where they were hosting a shopping center for Mother’s Day.  Kaela got to pick out four gifts to put in a bag for her mom.  Today William, Wesley and I ran out and got Sarah something she has been dreaming about for a while, a fancy new Nikon camera.  Kaela and William made cards for mom after we told her to leave the room for a while.  The kids were very excited to give Sarah her presents.  Happy Mother’s Day Mom!  We Love You!

Kaela's Friends Come For A Visit

Passing the time here at the hospital can be a challenge when all you have to do every day is a couple of PT appointments.  The rest of Kaela's time (and Sarah's) has been filled with TV watching or walks around the hospital, both of which get old real quick.  Over the past week or so though our family has been fortunate to have many special visitors.  On Tuesday Simon and Jude came from Maryland and spent some time playing with Playdoh in Kaela's room.  Then Mia and Samantha came to see Kaela later on.  The next day our friend's Kale and Grey came to visit and brought us dinner.  Most of these people our family was meeting for the very first time and we are so thankful that they took the time to stop by and say hey.  I know Kaela really enjoyed their visits too and it helped a lot to break up the week and make her days go a little faster.

Samantha, Kaela and Mia making bracelets in the Child Life Room

Kaela and William playing with Playdoh with Simon and Jude

Kaela and Grey hanging out (and William laying in Kaela's bed watching TV)

We would like to thank everyone that came out to visit Kaela and we hope to see you all again real soon!

Dad & William Surprise Kaela

Matt and William were not supposed to come back out to Delaware until the 19th of May but they had to come out a little earlier on the 6th of May instead.  We were going to tell Kaela about the visit but instead kept it a secret from her so that we could surprise her.  William and Matt left Michigan on Sunday the 6th and drove for 10 hours arriving at the Du Pont Children's hospital in Delaware at 1:15 am.  The next morning mom told Kaela that there was a surprise for her that day and that she would get to see it later.  Matt and William stayed at the Ronald McDonald house after they arrived and came up to the hospital the next morning.  Kaela was very, very surprised and happy to see her boys!

This pic is blurry because Matt and Kaela are jumping up and down

 

Kaela gives dad a hug

Wesley is happy to see his boys too

William was super happy to see his sister, brother and mom after not seeing them for a few weeks.  He kept telling me that he didn't miss them but you could see it in his face that he was really excited to see them again.