Doctor's Visit

Just a quick post about Miss Allison's progress... She is nearly 5lbs!!! The doctor also said that we can progress her feedings as she tolerates. She is currently taking 2oz, but if we can get her to 3oz then she'll be able to sleep for 5 straight hours at night. Which would be a blessing! The broken sleep is not doing much for my performance. (I was applying for jobs last night and forgot to attach the resume at least once and left my blog signature at least twice... ergh) Not much else is going on, so I'm off to take a nap while Matt is in charge of the baby. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Bath Time

The other night, we gave Allie her first tub bath... We had been hoping that she would enjoy the experience a bit more that her usual sponge bath, but not so much luck! Hopefully she will grow to love the water, as she is a Pisces.

Rain

We have decided that very good things happen for us when it rains... The wedding, bridal and baby showers, and Allison's continual progress have all been accompanied by some sort of rainy weather. So, it only seems fitting that we finally got to bring our baby girl home on Monday after nearly a week of precipitation! Everyone at the NICU said that preemie girls are especially tough and generally make it home quickly, but we were still surprised to hear over the weekend that Monday marked Allie's 5th day without any apnea spells and her 2nd day nippling all of her feedings. Overcoming these obstacles meant that she could be discharged! As difficult as it was to leave her in the NICU every day, we know that she is as healthy as possible and that we are more prepared to care for her than if she had been full term. Now she just has to grow!! She's already put on 6oz in the last 2 days!! Soon she should actually meet the minimum requirements of her car seat... Here are some pics of her first days at home.

Getting ready to come home.

What a big bed!!Bath time isn't my favorite...Finally, someone that's smaller than me!Daddy's girl...