Bath time!

Yesterday was a good day, the transfusion really seemed to help Monroe's breathing and heart rate to not have much fluctuation. Her oxygen saturation went up and down some yesterday, but they keep telling us it's normal for a baby of her age. She would have been 29 weeks yesterday if she had stayed on the inside. I held her for awhile in the afternoon and then in the evening Jill and grandma and grandpa came to visit.

The little hats that hold the CPAP in place get SO stretched out. Her hat has been covering her eyes for a few days. We've missed seeing her eyes, but the rest of her face is pretty cute too.


Grandma brought a little Christmas tree for Monroe's window. It's really cute with battery operated lights and all of the ornaments are little babies.



Then when we found out the nurse Sara was back working overtime (yay!) and was going to help us with Monroe's first bath. Scary and exciting all at the same time. Lots of pictures ahead!

Here we are getting ready and getting all of our instructions.


Calming her down after her swaddler and clothes are off.


Into the tub she goes!


Jill washing her little arm.


Cutest little soapy foot ever!


I'm not going to go quite so far as to say she liked her bath, but she tolerated it really, really well. She really loves being swaddled, so as long as we kept our hands on her she stayed fairly calm without a whole lot of crying.


I think what took the longest was nurse Sara trying to scrub off her sticky things that hold on her monitors. They were really sticky!


Shampoo time!


Wide awake for drying off.


Lotioning her up.


She still hates her CPAP and just wanted to make sure we all are fully aware of it.


All calm, clean and relaxed after bathtime. With her sunshine toy.


One of my new favorite pictures.


Another Monroe's hand in grandpa's hand picture. Is she growing?


Our favorite part of bath time was her new CPAP holding hat that isn't stretched out and we can actually see her sweet little eyes. Jill is so excited to find out what color they will be. We'll have to wait awhile though.


Goodnight sweet, sweet Monroe. You are loved by so many. Can't wait to see her tomorrow!

Thanks mom for taking all of the pictures! You got some good ones. :)