First day of preschool

Today was Landon and Tanner's first day of school. Daddy and Nana had everything laid out and ready to go when Grandmommy arrived to drive them to school. They got to the church just as the tornado sirens sounded and a torrential downpour was falling. During the mad dash inside, Daddy's umbrella was collapsed, actually bent in half, by the wind, therefore soaking Daddy and Tanner. Grandmommy and Landon didn't fare any better. They entered the school to find all the parents and children lining the halls in preparation for a tornado...quite exciting. Thankfully, it passed quickly and the skies soon cleared. Both boys had a wonderful time, and were exhausted when Grandmommy and Nana picked them up.

I had a nice visit with the boys for about an hour after school. They had a picnic in my room and we had some snuggle time. It just never gets any easier...I used to spend all day long with my boys and now I get maybe an hour a day. I just have to keep telling myself that I have an important job to do. Landon asked me tonight if the doctor could just go ahead and take the baby out so I could come home. It was so sad to hear him...and I had to tell him that it's not the baby's fault that I can't come home, it's just that Mommy's body is tired and needs help doing it's job. He didn't seem to buy my explanation, but I am praying that God will help both boys handle my time away and that we will seamlessly return to our routine once I am home and healthy again. I am told that this will merely be a blip on the radar of their little lives, and I hope and pray that is true. Poor Greg has to deal with their tears at night when they are missing Mommy...and then has to hear it from me too!

I had a poster sized photo collage made of Greg and the boys and have put their pictures up everywhere I can...The nurses and techs and even housekeeping comes to visit when the boys are in...the boys love the attention and I think the staff has fun seeing little ones around! The care here is wonderful and the food is really very good...which is nice b/c now they have me eating 4 meals per day and want me to have snacks in between to gain some weight. I have lost a bit since being admitted, and though they aren't really worried, they would like to see the scale go the other way. I just have no idea how I'm NOT gaining...I am a member of the clean-plate club at almost every meal and it seems that bed rest=chocolate in most peoples' minds (not that I am complaining)! Oh to have that problem during non-pregnant times! I think a lot of it might be that I was a bottom-feeder, eating what the boys left over, and now I am eating well balanced, healthy meals...go figure!

Again, thank you for your prayers and well wishes...we so appreciate them and you all!

Love, The Powells