Maria and I went straight to the hospital to join my parents, who had left a half-hour before us, and Amira's mother who had come from Pakistan. We hung out there and Nadia opened her eyes occasionally to see what all the commotion was about. My brother had hardly slept the past few days and we left them in the evening to stay the night at their apartment.
On Sunday we went to the hospital again to check on them. They were still doing fine, of course. Although we managed to watch the first half of the Superbowl at home, Maria, Amira's mother and I went back to hospital to hang out with Nadia and her parents. My brother and I watched the fourth quarter in the hospital lounge as the women bonded with the baby.
Monday the hospital finally let them go home. My brother and I had a fun time fitting the car seat into his Passat. Although it was a balmy 55 degrees Monday, it was still chilly for a newborn. We threw every blanket we had on her walking out to the car. Maria and I left Monday afternoon to go back to Lancaster.
So I'm an uncle again now! Very exciting. Maria's sister had a boy in August who we haven't met yet. I guess that makes me a domestic uncle. We're hoping to get out to Akron a few more times in the next months to hang out. My brother thankfully got a week off work -- he's a resident at the hospital -- so he'll have more time to bond. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing her grow up and take everything in. Their tiny apartment is pretty cramped with all the baby stuff now, and I'm sure I can buy her even more stuff down the road.
Some interesting things ... Nadia is an American citizen by virtue of being born in the States. But her mother isn't yet. My brother and I have been American citizens longer than my parents. I thought that was kind of funny.
As far as the Superbowl, I wasn't impressed by the commercials that I did see. I didn't see any halftime, either. As for the game, I don't really think the Patriots won, it was more like the Eagles lost.
This is the only photo that I have right now of Nadia. It was taken by my camera phone. I'll have better ones up either tonight or tomorrow when I get a chance.
