Written November 7, 2012 7:17am

Ellen is coming home! Today!!!! I can’t believe it. We’ve been in a bit of a flurry getting ready for her homecoming, but we couldn’t be more ready for it.

On Sunday we noticed that the “light bulb” was starting to turn on. I was, of course, ridiculously excited. Dr. Winslow and Mike made sure to let me know that it wasn’t on completely – she was on a dimmer. I just shook my head at the two men trying to curb my enthusiasm (although I completely understand where they were coming from). On Monday she was doing even better and Dr. Winslow said she was on her way to coming home. And yesterday he gave me the go ahead to room in and take her home today if everything went well. The light was officially on like she was staring in a Broadway production. She is eating like a champion.

Ellen and I spent the night together (Mike got his one last full night of sleep) and it went splendidly. There will be a learning curve for figuring out what she needs when, but I feel pretty confidant about figuring it out eventually.

All of this being said, it’s funny how your perspective changes when your child starts to get big (again, a very relative term). Mike and I are constantly amazed at how big she looks compared to where she was. However, she is still stinkin small. The picture here is of Ellen in a newborn outfit. That’s right. Newborn. That’s a really small size. It swallows her. I love how ridiculous it looks. It’s hard to believe that she will eventually fit into clothes this size.

On another note, people have been absolutely wonderful to us. We are single handedly keeping the post office and UPS man in business. Just recently we received a box full of books – all of them amazing, – and yesterday some of Mike’s law school friends sent us Giordano’s pizza. I can’t even explain how excited I was. Not only could I not have carbs when I was pregnant (gestational diabetes is rough) but we both often lament the lack of good deep dish pizza in GR. It was such a wonderful surprise!