New Pictures!

Sarah taking a nap earlier this week. She looks so good in PINK!

Saturday night spent in her new open crib and in her bouncer.

One happy baby!

Breaking news

You heard it here first, folks. Sarah Chaya is going to win in New Hampshire! (In about forty years.)

No really, we have BIG news. Its this <-------------------------------> big. Sarah is moving from her isollette into a regular, open, baby tupperware, er, crib, today. That means she's getting that much closer to coming home. In the open crib, she has to maintain her own temperature and won't have any assistance from the heat lamps in the isollette (because she doesn't need it anymore, she's a big girl now!).

Friday morning

Sarah weighed in at 1580 grams last night. She's over 3.5 pounds!

Sarah has been amazing over the last week. Her oxygen requirements are now almost non-existent, and she is consistently on regular air (21% O2). They probably could take her off breathing support, except she does need a little boost when she's bottle or breast feeding...that's right folks, we have begun breast feeding!  We tried Wednesday for the first time and Sarah seemed to like it.  It is very slow process but I think she is catching on.  The second attempt was better than the first and we hope it goes up from there...

Wednesday morning New Year report

We are so happy to say that Sarah will hopefully be home this month! It has been a long time coming. We certainly love every minute that we get to spend with her, but it will be nice when we can finally have her in her own bed at home.

Sarah lost ten grams last night, and is now 1520 grams. Hopefully she'll pass the 3 and 1/2 pound mark this week.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!  We hope this year is filled with joy, good health and blessing for everyone.  

Well, everyone, we made it to JANUARY!  We are hoping and praying Sarah is well enough for this to be her coming home month!  The thought of her coming THIS MONTH is so exciting, I can hardly sleep!

The baby girl gained another ounce last night and weighed in at 3 lbs 6 ounces.  Way to go baby girl!  She is still taking 1 bottle every 12 hours and doing well with it.  

Baby's First Bouncer

Ok, the picture is not that good but when we went to see Sarah this morning, she was spending time in her first bouncer- since the nurse couldn't hold her. The nurse had put the bouncer in the isolette and secured it so Sarah could check out her surroundings. And they turned on a CD player with music and Sarah went off to sleep. They even made her a sign which they placed above her head that read "QUEEN SARAH- approach only when summonsed"

Monday Morning Report

Sarah weighed in last night at 3 lbs 5 ounces.  The baby girl is growing so fast and we love it.  She got to restart her bottle feedings yesterday and ate 22 mL's then needed a long nap.  The staff is talking about possibly moving Sarah to an open crib.  She seems bored and unhappy in her isolette, after all she is over 11 weeks old and in need of new surroundings. The NICU staff suggested I make a mobile to keep her entertained also.  That should be fun to make. 

Oh, and it is so hard to tell but in the bottom pictures Sarah is smiling:)