So close!

Monroe is 1 pound, 14.7 ounces today. We're on the countdown to 2 pounds... hopefully in the next couple of days we'll pass that milestone. There will definitely be cheering. And there may also be cake.

Yesterday Jill's mom came up to visit, and she was able to hold Monroe yesterday and this morning. She enjoyed being cuddled up with grandma, though I couldn't talk her into changing her dirty diaper. Maybe next time.





My mom and Jill's mom helped us get a lot of cleaning and organizing done in the basement yesterday. We're getting closer to having a room in the basement where I can move all of my yarn and craft supplies to clear out Monroe's room. And then we'll get a few more things at Ikea with the money that our wonderful family has given us and Monroe's room will be near complete. Just lots of painting to be done first. Luckily my mom is a master painter.

Last night nurse Sara was back (yay! and yes, we really do cheer a little every time she works) and we gave Monroe her second bath, complete with spa style headwrap while her hair dried.



Since her blue lights have been turned off she has been swaddled up to her heart's content. She loves being wrapped up nice and cozy tight.



Today her feeding tube was moved back to her stomach from her duodenum and she has tolerated it really well so far. No throwing up which is possible now that the food is going straight into her stomach. She also had her CPAP turned down to 4, which she may stay at for awhile, but she is also tolerating that quite well. She'll gradually be weaned off of the CPAP, but it will probably take a couple more weeks. That will be an amazing day since she doesn't really love the CPAP.

We purchased a little handheld video camera and have taken a couple of videos of both grandma's holding her, but I haven't quite figured out how to load the videos, or really even looked at them yet to determine if they would appreciate the videos being posted on the internet. I'll keep working on that. In the meantime, we'll just send grow, Monrow, grow thoughts to our strong little girl.