Chloe and Nate: And Away we go...

Packed up and ready to go

At some point, enough is enough. I woke up one morning in less of a haze than usual and decided they are ready! And more importantly, I had enough energy to make it home to Albuquerque. And even more importantly, I wanted to take my babies home. I had had enough of this adventure. I left Albuquerque mid February 2009 and wouldn't return until the end of June 2009. The alarms were starting to bother us, or we felt more comfortable that we could see the "episodes" and respond appropriately without having a loud beep constantly reminding us, so we disconnected them in intervals that seemed to stretch into days. I felt they had gained enough weight and progressed enough to fly on an airplane and land and live at a higher altitude when the oxygen is lower.

We booked our tickets, but we had to make a trip to Westport. Martha extended her love and support as always and invited us to come see her and get a little rest with the help of extended family and lots of rocking from the grandmother's. Just what I needed. So, after a lot of packing and shipping of boxes to Albuquerque, Mimi and The Captain picked us up in the RV. This was a particularly humorous sight to see. Loading up the RV double parked on 79th Street in Manhattan, we had to swing by Columbia before we left to sort out Brian's last minute packing and whatever else I had left there. And off we went...

We set up the Westport step-down-nursery:

They were just as cozy and just as cute.

As is somehow the case, it was colder in Westport in June, but it was so lush and peaceful. We had long sleeved night gowns with matching hats and double blankets. They snuggled and got snuggled by everyone. Cousin Carly was so helpful and so curious, she was there to help me at every turn and just couldn't get enough of Nate and Chloe.