The octonursery has its first two residents.
One-fourth of Nadya Suleman's infant brood was home Tuesday night after sons Noah and Isaiah were released from a Bellflower, Calif., hospital into their mother's—and dozens of volunteer nurses'—care.
Suleman revealed last week on Dr. Phil that Kaiser Permanente officials had agreed to start discharging her octuplets two at a time once her family's new residence in La Habra had been cleared for baby-raising.
Noah and Isaiah were selected to go first because, at approximately 5½ pounds each, they had the healthiest weights. The Insider was first to report their homecoming, which was witnessed by a horde of reporters and neighbors gathered outside.
Just earlier today, Suleman had lamented via her videoblog at RadarOnline.com that the hospital, where the infants have been since being born nine weeks premature, was not going to start releasing them just yet.
"I'm really upset about this. I really wanted to return to a normal life," Suleman said. "It just makes me sad, and I'm going to do everything I can to get them back, but I also need to please the hospital."
"They're doing really well," she added. "They're getting heavy and big."
"Everyone at the hospital" decided the time wasn't right, she said, citing several repairs that still needed to be made at her house, which has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a big backyard.
Suleman gave birth to octuplets Jan. 26 and has been the subject of endless encouragement, civic discourse, mockery, ridicule and outrage ever since.
Lucky for her, the 33-year-old single mom has also been the object of some charity. The nonprofit child-care organization Angels in Waiting will help provide 24/7 support for Suleman and her 14 young children, who range in age from nearly 2 months to 7 years and were all conceived through in vitro fertilization.