Any man can be a father, it takes someone special to be a daddy...

such tiny fingers

My day started at 5:30...im not really a fan of these super early mornings but i suppose i might as well get used to it before our little man comes home...but boy am i exhausted! We had to rearrange our room so it was the way we found it, and we had to do laundry...exciting!

It was about 915 by the time we made it to the hospital. We knew we didnt have much time today, since we had to be back in plattsburgh to pick Abbie up at 215, so we wanted to make the most of it.

Lisa (his nurse for the past few days) told us that he had a really good night. They took his arterial line out of his belly button, in preparation for putting in the PICC line today (thats a line that goes through his arm and directly into his heart to make it easier to administer meds, and to draw blood). When they took out the arterial line, it was a little "cloudy" so they sent it off for testing, just to make sure theres no infection. The rest of his stats are great though so Im sure hes fine.

Snazzy new hat....he was sleeping aww

Hes doing extremely well on the bubble CPAP, and im pretty sure he could go without it completely, but Im sure they want to give it a few days just to be positive. He kept pulling it out though and we wouldnt notice because it wasnt showing up as any change on the monitors. so Im hoping within the week he will be breathing-apparatus free! he looks much cuter without all the headgear anyway....

why jason, thats an attractive nursing gown you have on

They measure his head circumference everyday to check for any indication of hydrocephaly (like Ive explained before), and today, for the first time, his measurement WENT DOWN! They arent doing daily ultrasounds anymore, and will probably only do them if they suspect a problem, so measuring his head is the only thing they really are doing until hes big enough for an MRI.

awwww...

They said that once the PICC line is in place, they will not only be moving him out of his isolation room into an isolet in the main NICU, but they will begin feeding him colostrum that I pumped on the first day. Hopefully once he gets some food in him, he will start gaining some weight, because hes currently down to 2lbs 9 oz. its common for babies to lose weight after birth, even preemies, especially when they arent really getting any FOOD. so YAY for feeding him!

napping on daddy <3

The other big thing that happened today was that Jason got to hold Rowan for the first time <3 The little guy slept on him for about an hour and a half...it was precious. Rowan kept pulling his CPAP out. we didnt even notice. I wish we couldve stayed longer, but we are going back in the morning after we bring Abbie to school. I really hope we can catch up on our sleep at some point before we get too worn down and end up sick or something...sick mommy and daddy are no use to anyone...