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Now here's a conundrum. Cole's due date was the 25th, so he's no longer negative days old! Awesome. He's 2. But I don't REALLY want to start counting his days until he comes home, which may be Friday, so he's negative 3. But Friday is a moving target based on his stability, so maybe he should be x - 25 days old, with x being the date. Unless he comes home in February in which case it would be more like x + 6 where x is the date in February. This is why we never talk in absolutes when it comes to Chill, because it just gets silly. Anyway, I think when he comes home he'll be 0 days old in my head.

Speaking of 0 days old, I would like to mention that though Cole is technically still premature (because he's x-25 days old), his eyes are officially mature! His risk of ROP is gone and as he gets older he'll eventually be able to read the giant mini billboard screwed into the wall above his crib. We are so thrilled knowing that his eyes are all growed up! Good stuff little guy.

The whole giant mini billboard thing is actually a really good segue into the next topic. It's also just an awesome thing to say because it's ridiculous. Kate's sister Maggie came up and helped us buy a ton of stuff and prepare the house for Chill's homecoming. His room is all done and waiting for a baby. Wanna see?

The first thing you see on Cole's door is this super awesome teensie onesie we got from Stacy, one of our most awesome nurses.





Sorry it's so dark, I need to do some color correction. Or be a better photographer.







And now some detail shots of the silly things all over the place.













One of the buckets in the ikea thing under the window is full of toys and stuff which we've gotten from our wonderful, generous friends. I'm looking forward to finding out which of them Cole gravitates to, and which stuffed animal(s) he falls in love with. So much fun! I can't wait till we can just hang out in there and read books with cardboard pages.