Week 1 in the NICU

It has now been one week since my sweet baby girl was born! She is already growing up so fast! I can honestly say this week has been the hardest for us, especially me. Everyday we go to see her, it gets harder and harder to leave. She always does something new everytime we come in to see her...she is just a ham! lol I love to the way grins when we talk to her and wraps those long fingers around her daddy's finger and hope she always has to be sprawled out when she sleeps. She is definitely our little monkey!

This entire week so has been a complete overachiever! She started eating 2.5cc the beginning of the week and now she is up to 5cc! She isn't using her tanning bed anymore and she is pooping regularly! I got to hold her for the first time yesterday and it melted my heart. She even got to breathe without her little air nose thingy for a whole hour! (the air nose thingy just blows a small amount of air through her nose to make sure her lungs stay open..just alittle breathing assistance but she breaths on her own) She went from weighting 2.2lbs to now weighting in at 2.5lbs! She will definitely be fat and sassy in no time!!

I'm hoping if she keeps up the good work, she won't have to be there for too long. I'm crossing my fingers she gets to come home before thanksgiving. I would be more than thankful for the blessing. Words can not express how proud I am of her and all of her little accomplishments! She has definitely stolen my heart and I can not begin to describe how great it feels to be a mommy!