Huxley's Homecoming

Hux started the day with calm

Gabe and Katherine dressed Hux in his first outfit 

The hat was knitted by volunteers at the hospital

Getting Hux safely secured in his car seat

Hux, ready for his first car ride. 

Wednesday began with all the preparations for Huxley and Katherine to be dismissed from the hospital.   Hux was checked, tested, and snipped. Katherine and Gabe completed a questionnaire asking if they knew what to do in every possible crisis. The doctor came in and gave more instructions about what to do if... Katherine was given a shot to prevent pertussis, which is on the rise. Gabe and I made appointments to get our vaccinations tomorrow at the health center in Bellevue, a few miles south of Hailey.

One of the major concerns was to make sure that the car seat was properly secured in the car and that Hux was properly fastened into the car seat. After a bit of adjustment to make sure the seat belt in Katherine's car was working correctly, Gabe, Kath, and Hux drove away and I followed driving Gabe's car. We got to the red light at the intersection of the hospital parking lot and Highway 75, and we sat for five minutes at the light without a green light. The two cars ahead of us had already run the red light, so I suspected that the light was questionable. It should be said that there is road work going on at the intersection and on several times when leaving the hospital, I have encountered a road worker directing traffic and overriding the light. As we sat and waited and waited at the light, I could not believe that, at the very first light the Schroder family encountered with their precious cargo safely strapped into his seat, the traffic light was not functioning and Gabe had to run the light to get out on the highway. We did enter the flow of traffic safely and proceeded down the highway, picked up some lunch and then got home. I left them to have their first night at home together.