As you can see from my picture today, I am growing. I weigh 2 lbs 12 ozs. They gave me back my O2 so that It will help me breath a little better as I get tired and forget to breath sometimes. Mommy says that is called apnea and is common in kiddos my size. They still have not gotten results back from my little staph swab they did, but as of yet, nothing has grown on the culture, so let's take that as some positive news. I am taking 16cc's of food now. That is a little over 6ozs. a day. Mommy saw and heard me cry for the first time to her yesterday and it made her cry too. She is such a sap!
She tells me all of the time that she wants to stick me in her purse and take me home, but she understands that I am in a great place being well taken care of. She just loves to kiss on my little head and I she knows that one day she will be able to kiss on me anytime she wants!
I love my daddy so much. Today when he held me, I fell right to sleep in his arms. I can just sense his gentle nature and know that he is the best daddy in the world!
Check out my little arms and legs and how chunky they are getting. Well, chunky for my size at least! How do you like my little dress? Aren't I adorable.

Sweet Emery has found her thumb!

Please pray for Emery. They had to give her another blood tranfusion yesterday and they did a swab of her nose and staph came up on it. They are going to test it more tomorrow to see if it truly is etc. We know that God can make this come back negative and that is what we are praying for. Emery looks much better today. She has looked kind of puny from not feeling good the past couple of days.

She is such a sweet pea and a true blessing.

Thank you so much for all of your continued prayers. We are blessed to have friends and family in our lives who hurt when we hurt, rejoice when we rejoice and pray continually! Thank you Lord for blessing us.

Happy One Month Birthday

My sweet Emery is 1 month old today! Mrs. Andrea (her primary nurse that you will hear me refer to quite often) made her a sweet sign for her incubator. She is wonderful!!! That is her in the one picture. We love her dearly! She loves Emery as if she is her own.
I can't believe that it has been a month already! In some ways it seems like just yesterday, but then again somedays it seems like forever. In all, it has been 6 weeks with the 12 days I was in the hospital and the 4 weeks since she has been born.
I am so thankful for her. What a sweet, sweet child. I can't wait until the day that we get to bring her home.
They say that she is doing so well that they don't think she will have to be in the hospital all 9 weeks, so we are keeping our fingers crossed!
Aunt Angela is coming for a baby shower on Nov. 4th. She is mommy's best friend from highschool. We can't wait to see her!
We had a great visit with Heather, Lukey, Janna and Robert. We are so excited that they were able to come and spend time. I am so excited Heather got to finally see Emery!

Bottle Time

I have been trying to take my meals from a bottle, but just once a day like this because it wears me out so much. As you can see, Mommy was feeding me tonight. I am very alert these days and I did very good on my bottle. I took almost all of my milk only leaving a little. I am such a big girl and mommy and daddy always tell me that they are very proud of me. I can do real good at drinking from the bottle.
The nurses have said that they don't think that I will have to stay here the full 9 weeks because I am doing so well. I know that it is because God has truly blessed our family and continues to make me grow stronger every day. Mommy and Daddy can't wait to have me home so they can love all over me!

Growing Like a Weed

I am growing like a weed. I am up to 2 lb and 4ozs now. I tried to drink from a bottle yesterday and took half of my milk! It was very exciting for Mommy, but a lot of hard work for me. I was worn out.

You can see from this picture that mommy took yesterday that I am getting bigger. I am even outgrowing my clothes if you can believe that. My favorite nurse Mrs. Andrea even had to put me in a bigger diaper because I am a pooper and the little ones are not holding it all. It is pretty funny when you think about it.