micropreemie mommy

well… can i just say how thankful i am to be surrounded by such amazing (and eloquent!) people?  we have received so many wonderful thoughts and anecdotes and stories of preemie success since our article ran in the globe yesterday, i will admit it… i am officially overwhelmed (but in a good way).

the writer, bella english, captured our experience so wonderfully and i’m not sure i could have written it any better (wait, let me take that back… i *know* i couldn’t have)

things are good over with the farrell four and are so positive about our girls!

hi everyone!

for those just clicking over to this site, i thank you for taking a look… i started this blog to keep my friends and family informed throughout a lot of the process (although we did use a carepages at the very beginning)

if we can help one other family out there going through even a little bit of what we’ve gone through and provide them with some hope that others have gone through it and they can do it too, then i’m serving my purpose.  we had no idea how strong we could be.  feel free to reach out to me at any time!

here’s the article!

ooh, fun news! it is reported that we are going to be the front page story in the boston globe  tomorrow. neato!  stay tuned!

what an unbelievably overwhelming week… i can’t even begin to tell you how strangely emotional it all is… it’s almost so emotional i find myself sort of disconnecting from that part of it and just concentrating on getting through the myriad of appointments and visits and parade of people and phone calls and emails.  we are so flattered and happy… and exhausted. 

i can’t believe she’s been home only a week.  it feels like she’s been here forever.  madeline is adjusting quite well and is just loving being home and rolling around on the living room floor and feeling grass for the first time and sitting in her high chair while we’re eating dinner… just being a family.  molly’s not totally sure she’s in to it yet… she was very excited the firsst few days and now i think she’s sort of wanting madeline to end her visit and get on her way.  after all, molly has been the only child for over a year and now all of a sudden there’s a new person (who happens to be much bigger than her) mouthing her toys and taking up space in mommy and daddy’s arms…

that’s not to say that they don’t love playing with each other.  for the most part they’ve taken to each other quite nicely and i certianly hope that will continue.

i have so much to say, but frankly, i need a personal secretary (and my head screwed on straight to remember all of the appointments going on)… i’ll write more in the coming days, but know that we are happy as larks and settling in so nicely at 91 hill. 

life is the way it ought to be here.

*oh*… and the local paper came to do a story on us… and then the local tv station saw it in the local paper and came to do a story on us… really?  i never considered us to be that different, but clearly we’re a human interest story.  if we can help one family that’s going through the craziness we were last year and let them know everything is going to be ok, then all of this is worth it. 

here’s the link to the local paper article (yet another picutre of me and my big open-mouth… those are usually saved for weddings with an open bar, but clearly we’ve started to diversify) 

Farrell Four in the Patriot Ledger!

Farrell Four on WBZ TV 4