Location is everything...

It's been a few days since I've had a chance to write anything...We've had Abbie over here with us, and its virtually impossible to find an extra half an hour to blog in the hospital waiting room, while she runs around like a crazy child. Its insane how many people have asked us "oh, is she three and a half?" YEAH! howd you guess?! oh, because shes INSANE?! yeah....shes three and a half...But shes a cute kid when shes not being a terror. We love her. This isnt easy on her either. Hopefully by Christmas, we will be home with her baby brother, and she can be appropriately annoyed that he takes all of our attention :)

As for the little miracle, he's had an eventful week. He got his air reduced to 2 liters of pressure, but that didnt work out so well, so they turned him back up to 3 liters. They think they were weaning him off of it too quickly. We dont want his little lungs to wear themselves out. So since we know we are going to be there for a while, there is no use risking it by taking him off too quickly.

He also got taken completely off the Bili lights. Then he got put back on just ONE light instead of two. Then the doctor got sick of that, so she took him back off of them, which he likes. He prefers the dark, because it allows him to open his little eyes. Which, I believe, are brown (its hard to tell, theyre so tiny and he only opens them when its dark)


We also convinced our nurse (finally!) to let us move to a spot near the INSIDE window, so that family and friends can see Rowan if they want to. Jay's mom and aunt and uncle got to peek in at him while I was holding him. Its not quite the same as being IN the NICU, but it is the best we can do for now. So next time Abbie is with us, or my parents, they can at least SEE him through the window...

They are still monitoring his head circumference, as it continues to grow a little each day. This is due in part to actual normal growth, and also due to the hydrocephalus. The neurosurgeon keeps an eye on things, and still is comfortable with what shes seeing, so that is good. We know eventually he will need a shunt, but the longer we can put it off, the more he has a chance to grow, and the better off things will be! and BOY is he growing! hes just slightly over 3 lbs now! He looks bigger, to me, too.

Hes such a little snuggler, and loves to snore and drool all over us...and we love every minute of it! The other day we were taking Abbie to the mall, and as we walked in, she says to me "Mommy! Jason bought you a necklace!" to which Jason replied, NO abbie, i DID NOT. (obviously lying hahaha). Well today, he surprised me with it during our lunch (Bacon and cheddar stuffed filet from longhorn steakhouse...foodgasm!)