Good morning from Shands.

Rachael, Leah and I are resting well this morning and are excited that it seems like we are going to get to go home today. Leah is in a lot of pain but the surgery was successful. She sounded pitiful all night long. She would give a sweet little baby moan with each and every breath she took. Hopefully her pain meds will relieve some of her aching.

We are so grateful for all of the facebook messages, phone calls, voicemails, and visitors that we have already had. We are so blessed to have so many caring friends and family members. It was great to be able to have Joe and my dad come up to spend the day at the hospital with us. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for Leah. We are looking forward to many more visits from you all as soon as we get home.

Here are some pictures that I took over the past few days chronicling our hospital stay and Leah's shunt surgery.

In the ER. We had one very tiny bed. There was just enough room for Leah and one of us.

Leah didn't seem to think that the ER bed was meant for sharing. She is such a bed-hog. Pink Bunny was a very important part of our hospital visit.

Leah's cage (I mean crib). She slept in this bed for the past two nights and was transferred to and from surgery in it. Rachael noticed other mother's sleeping in the cages with the babies. She never tried it, but it probably would have been more comfortable than our reclining chair bed things.

One last kiss before surgery. I don't know if pink bunny got a kiss also.

Leah and pink bunny right before surgery. Her head is all marked up to make sure they don't drill into the wrong side.

A good morning smile for all of you. As a side note, you can see that they didn't need to shave any of Leah's hair.