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Media Frenzy Over Octuplets' Homecoming

Wide anticipation of the California octuplets' arrival home has been turned up several notches by a newspaper report that two of them would leave the hospital Monday.

Every car, every delivery to the new Suleman family home in the L.A. suburb of La Habra, Calif. was a target for paparazzi and other media members, reports Early Show national correspondent Hattie Kauffman. Camera crews were out in force to catch the first glimpse of the world-famous infants.

But so far, the babies have been a no-show.

Like everything else surrounding the octuplets, even the purchase of the family's larger, half-million dollar home is confusing, Kauffman observes

Nadya Suleman, the babies' mother, first said she paid for it herself, then said it's a lease. The realtor says it's in her father's name. She says that's not true.

When the babies DO come home, Kauffman points out, the house will be ready. Safety features have been donated.

"There's a lot of children, a lot of fingers, a lot of busy hands , and we want to make sure that it is as safe as posisble," says Kimberlee Mitchell of Boo Boo Busters.

The house may be ready, Kauffman adds, but some neighbors aren't. "It wouldn't have been my choice," one told CBS News, "and I think it's a bit much, but who are we to judge?"

When will the brood of eight babies and Suleman's six OTHER kids be living under that same roof? No one knows. But one thing is clear, Kauffman says -- they'll be coming home to a media circus.

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