June 3

Spent the morning discussing ideas with Justin for how to balance our time back and forth between home and the hospital, and whether or not to keep the room we are renting at Ronald McDonald House. Ultimately settled on a tentative plan to utilize the early morning hours on weekdays: I will sleep at home, come up first thing in the morning and spend the morning at the hospital, until about 1:30, and then head back to Provo. Justin will stay with the kids at home until leaving for work at 9am, possibly working a little from home in the early hours. The older 3 kids usually sleep until 8 something, and have summer school four days a week starting at 9am and finishing at 11:30, and Gideon naps around 11-2:00, so I could be home for most of their "awake and home" time during the day. I am hoping it will help Gideon (who has developed some separation anxiety again) to know that mom will be home when he wakes up from nap time. Our bishop asked us to meet a woman in our ward who is looking for a week day job where she can bring her seven year old son, so we invited them to dinner last Sunday and are hoping things can work out to bless both of our families. Mom and Dad leave this Thursday morning the 9th, a day earlier than we had thought, so it is coming up fast. On the weekends we are planning to stay home on Saturday, when our "Auntie" will visit with Audrey at the hospital, and on Sunday mornings we will take the kids up and visit her in turns while the children play at the Forever Young Zone (an awesome playroom at the hospital), until it is time to head home for church.

Audrey is doing much better today. I held her while she slept. Her temp came down overnight and her congestion seems much improved. All of her tests for dangerous infections are coming back negative. I was probably right that she had simply caught a minor cold in the nose, but it's nice to know for sure.

Met our new "Auntie", a woman specifically assigned to visit and cuddle Audrey for a couple of hours a week, when we can't be there. She is planning to attend nursing school and has raised three children of her own; we liked her a lot and are so glad she will be coming on Saturdays to visit our baby.