Movin' on up!

Braylin is just growin and growin. She weighs 2 pounds 2.2 ounces (and she usually gains about an ounce a day). YES, you heard right, we reached the 2 pound marker!!!! She continues to  tolerate her feeds, with increases every other day or so. She's poopin. She's still on room air. She is doing so, so, good. She makes her momma and daddy proud!





Just chillen with blanky between arms and legs. Had a little extra oxygen this day...



Precious one. My lil buggy poo!



She finally was moved out of her first room and into another. This means that she's "advancing" and no longer needs the kind of care they provided in her first room. Each room is an advancement closer to going home. The last room before going home is usually room 1, so that is our goal. I like to think of it as going to school. Her new room is her new school with all new teachers (nurses). ha ha ha! She graduated from preschool and now we are in kindergarten. Proud parents!

Braylin's new room (with private light show from ceiling).



Braylin's crib rolls in STYLE! Thanks Jamie!





Her blood transfusion made a huge difference in her color and everything. She is being given an iron supplement that will hopefully help her maintain her red blood cells so we can avoid another blood transfusion. She just looks GREAT. The nurses just love her and take such good care. One of her night nurses made her a bow. When I called for my nightly check-up, the nurse told me all about it and said it was a little big. I thought, "Big bows are just what we like!".  But oh.... wait. When I got to the hospital with my camera loaded for some cute pics, I sadly changed my mind. The bow was literally bigger than her whole head and it was not cute. It was the saddest picture, so needless to say, we did NOT have a KODAK moment... at least not until Braylin grows into it. We appreciated the gesture, but Braylin says NO. 

Our nurses are awesome and we are so thankful that Braylin is being so well taken care of. I get attached to our nurses and cry when they are moved to another room. Braylin definitely has her favorites as well-- we won't mention any names as a courtesy to the "other" nurses. The doctors are amazing too! We even had a our favorite doctor finally "pick-up" Braylin and will be taking care of her for the next month. We were so excited!  ANGELS WATCHING OVER OUR BABY GIRL!

Daddy watching our nurse do what she does best...

I usually try to hold Braylin once a day. There are just too many studies that show how helpful this is for preemies. That is our favorite time of day, KANGAROO CARE TIME! Braylin LOVES her momma to hold her and usually sleeps right through it and the most soundly

. OOHHHHHHHH those sweet moments in life. *tear*

Favorite time of our day.

LOTS AND LOTS OF PRAYERS THAT BRAYLIN WILL GROW, ADVANCE, SLEEP,  EAT, POOP, GROW, ADVANCE, AND COME HOME SOON!



A few firsts:

FIRST load of Braylin's laundry!
They send it home, I wash it!

BRAYLIN GOT HER VERY OWN SOCIAL SECURITY CARD!





NOT PICTURED

First time for Momma to get poop ALL OVER HER! Yuck!