Our first weekend at home went very well. I'm not sure if Ken would agree, but things went much more smoothly than I had actually expected. Emily really seems to enjoy sleeping in her own room! We spent Saturday kind of getting settled and Emily got a much needed haircut. Many thanks to Alan and the other staff at Antoine du Chez - you were so wonderful with Emily and accommodating of her special needs. Her hair looks absolutely beautiful. We finished out the day with Mass, a nice dinner, and one of Emily's favorite movies.

Sunday was a busy day. Emily got to hear Steve and Rebecca perform at Montview - it was beautiful. While we were at Montview, Emily got to meet Ann the healing minister at Montview and Chaplain at St. Anthony's. Ann sat with me when Emily first got to St. A's and visited us several times while we were there. Of course Emily didn't remember her, but she was a great source of comfort to Ken and me and she was so pleased to see how much progress Emily had made.

Emily then went off to the movies with her friends from DSA. Brendan, Dylan, Shiloh and Peaches we can never tell you how much this meant to Emily. She's been so excited about it for the last week+. Thank you so much for helping her have a few hours of normal teenage fun. I really hope we can schedule more movies and other fun things with Em's friends in the future.

We finished out the day with a great dinner with Uncle Gary. It actuallly felt good to cook again, although I did tell Emily she shouldn't expect to eat this well every night.

One more day to rest and get settled and then it's back to Craig to start outpatient.