2 Weeks Old!!

Our sweet Reese is 2 weeks old!

She is a good natured baby! She eats about every 2 or 3 hours during the day. She can go 4 hours sometimes at night. She is sleeping better now-I think she just needed to get used to the noises and her bed at home.

Yesterday Matt and I took her to shop for appliances :) She did great-It's pretty easy right now since all she does is sleep.

We are all getting back to a "normal" now. Big Brother is back in school and Daddy is working from home for the next couple weeks. I am just enjoying us all being together!!!!

*getting ready for bed*

*sleeping in the swing*

Just Hangin' Out

Reese is 13 days old today :) She is so sweet! But at night she doesn't seem to want to sleep in her bassinet... During the day she has no problem sleeping in it. She loves to sleep on a big king size pillow we have & she likes to hang out on her changing pad. I think it's because in the NICU they have all of these cushion type things that cuddle the baby so they feel secure. I'm not sure what to do about the bassinet-If you have any suggestions let me know :) p.s. We don't co-sleep. It's just not our thing.

Just relaxin' on the changing pad.

sweet little face!

love these little piggies :)

KINDERGARTEN ROCKS!!!

Today my first baby started Kindergarten! Ben is getting so big :( and it's happening too fast!

He was excited to see his friends again, but also a little nervous-but that passed very quickly. Ben was happy to see that his little buddy, Gage, was sitting next to him at their table-YAY!

Me and my big Kindergartner :)

Thanks Gigi & Pops for the AWESOME back pack!

Sitting at his table-next to his buddy Gage :)

Ready to learn!

We are so thankful that Ben is able to go to such a wonderful school! I can't wait to pick him up to see how his day was :)

I'm OUTTA Here!

August 12, 2011 was Reese's LAST day in the NICU-YAY!

take me home!!!

asleep in my own bassinet!

Ben helping Daddy give a bottle. He didn't want to hold her, just help :)

We had a good night. She was a little restless because she peed through 2 diapers and her blankets. But once we got the diaper situation taken care of she slept from 230am to 630am!

She is the sweetest thing! She's just been sleeping and eating-what babies do. Reese loves to hear Matt and Ben's voices. She always opens her eyes when she hears them :)

Matt and I are so relieved and happy to have our little family under one roof! It's perfect!!!

Thank you everyone for praying for our sweet Reese and us!

So sweet! Here head is so teeny that the bow looks HUGE!

BEN NEWS: He lost another tooth! He's getting too big!!!! :(

Just One More Day!

Today was Reese's 8th day in the NICU. She gained more weight-her weight is 5lbs 11oz!!! She is obviously eating very well :) Reese is off the nasal cannula and doing great!

I went up for her 12pm feeding and the nurse told me the news!

REESE GETS TO GO HOME FRIDAY!!!!

I was so excited! I called her Daddy right away to give him and Ben the good news!

We have to take a CPR class Friday evening and then we get to go get our baby girl and bring her home!

1 Week Old!!!

Reese is 7 days old today!!! Sorry I have no pictures today. I just wanted to hold her the whole time I was there-pictures where the last thing I was thinking about ;)

Day 7 in the NICU was another great day for Reese!

*Daddy went up and feed her at 9am and she did great! She doesn't have to be under the "bili light" any more-the jaundice is level is fine. They had put her in her own cute pink and grey sleeper :)

*I went and feed her at 3pm. She gulped the bottle down in under 8 minutes! She is doing great with breathing and feeding. They have her on the nasal cannula with 25% oxygen with 1% pressure.

*Daddy went back up to feed baby girl at 9pm. She took her bottle great! They turned the oxygen down to 21% (room air) w/ .5% pressure.

The nurse told Matt that at Reese's 3am feeding they are going to take her off the nasal cannula! Please pray that Reese does good with this big change! We are ready to have her home with us!!!!

She's Teeny, But She's Strong!

Reese spent her 6th day in the NICU today. We are missing her VERY badly tonight but it helps that she had a great day today! She even gained an ounce-She weighs 5lbs 10ozs!

She started feeding from a bottle!!! YAY!

* At her 9am feeding she ate 50mil. in 12 minutes :)

* Daddy gave her the 12pm bottle and she ate 1/2 then got tired so the rest went through the feeding tube.

* I went back up at her 3pm feeding and we practiced nursing. She did good and will do better as she gets stronger. She had 30mils in the bottle but got tired so she had to finish through the feeding tube.

It's a lot of work for her to feed/nurse and breathe at the same time. But she is doing so good and will continue to get better at it! We are so proud of our little Reesey :) She will be home in no time!

THIS JUST IN: Matt just called to get an update from Reese's nurse. At her 9pm feeding she ate the WHOLE bottle in 9 minutes without getting tired! The nurse told Matt that she is doing so good and should be off of the oxygen soon and home in a couple days :)