pictures from the hospital

hi baby=)

here are some pictures i promised! i included a couple from a few days before you came back to uva just so you could see the difference. you were pretty sick, baby! but all better now. you're back to full feeds and all recovered from surgery. we gave you some extra ventilator help the first few days post-op so the pulmonologist here made out a plan for us to just leave you there for a few weeks at least and once we felt like you were ready again we could start weaning you to cpap and then off. you are back to your happy self and we are so glad to see it. you're sticking to a pretty regular schedule. sleeping from about 9:30 till 8am. the last two nights were the first i've ever not gotten up AT ALL in the middle of the night!!! i heard you wake up a few times but you just went back to sleep so i did too. i can't tell you how happy this makes me. mommy is one of those people who needs more sleep than the average person to function well. you'll see. you'll take a long nap around 11 and then another shorter nap around 4:30. daddy asked me what my favorite part of the day was today and i said when i hear you talking and singing to yourself in the morning and then i peek up over the edge of your crib and you look over at me and start smiling so big. you've also started reaching for us when you want to be picked up. very cute. you won't take your pacifier right now (it took you a while after surgery last time too, we're not sure if there's a connection or not because last time you were also really sick...who knows). i would just be thankful that you don't want it and we won't have to go through a grieving of the pacifier period, but if you'd take a pacifier you'd be more likely to take a bottle. owell. so instead of just needing your pacifier to go to sleep, you want to be held for a few minutes. you fight it a little, but i guess that's pretty normal for sweet babies. you're playing with all your gadgets more than ever, and throwing toys we give you if you aren't interested (mostly your pacifier). it's pretty cute. you also love it when i yawn. i don't know why, but it makes you laugh. so then we laugh too=)

we're going home friday. can't wait=) daddy and i are needing to take you on some walks. we might even take you to meet sweet hazel (your new cousin-to-be) in june. anna cate and jackson would be there too. they are your big cousins who will teach you all about the world. we can't wait for you to meet them.

ok love you baby. keep up the good work=)
mommy

3 days before you went back to the hospital-you look like you're getting sick (and you also look scared!)
4 days before going back to the hospital, and you look sick for sure but look how sweet your bow is! little girly girl indeed.

amazed by daddy in the hospital. you'll figure him out one day sweet girl.

pensive.

you look like you might be up to something. you two are gonna be a sneaky team...

sweet serious baby

laughing hard with mama

fun fun

sweet curious girl

sweet snuggles

sleepy baby

rollin around snugglin with your blanket

happy face

you're super cute, trying to break out of your crib...

working with wally and friends

daddy's pretty good at making you laugh

yay=)

our little beauty=)

slideshow from this hospital stay


slideshow from hospital stay for your g-tube and ostomies