Return to Paradise!

It's good to be home! We made it back last night, but before we left Mott, we had to take care of a few things. 

We delivered some goodies to our heart buddy Bowen who in turn played a song for us on his "Spamjo". Completely awesome!

 

We had to go play on the playground on the 8th floor since Bernie could not participate the way she wanted to the day before. 

 

 

And we got to say goodbye for now...

 

Arriving home, we were greeted by this awesome sign in the dining room signed by all of the kids at Woodland. It's lovely!

 

Bernie was so happy to be able to "cuggle" with her sisters and see Fergus, aka Goodboy. 

 

 

And of course, Bernie wants to sit and page through books of all kinds, but I wasn't expecting this to be what she wanted to look at now that she's home!

 

 

Ah, it's wonderful to be back to the land of full-size bath towels, beeping from household appliances only, and usually uninterrupted sleep. 

We can't thank you enough for your verbal encouragement, culinary support, financial contributions, and loving care. However it worked for you to show your support, we are grateful. We know it's different for everyone and that's what makes it so great. 

For those of you who offered up financial contributions, we are ecstatic to let you know that this money is enabling us to purchase a home testing machine for Bernie to check her INR as needed without having to go to the clinic. When Bernie was a baby, these machines cost between $3000 and $5000, money we weren't willing to shell out just for convenience when the clinic is right across the street from our house. We are now able to get the machine, test strips and lancets for just under $1000. Our local clinic hours have also changed in the last year and is not open when Bernie is out of school for the day. Insurance does not cover this type of purchase. We will now have our own machine and this is going to help A LOT! Thank you!

Thank you for everything and we are hoping to be nice and boring for the remainder of 2017. We couldn't have gotten through all of this without you!

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