Oh my gosh.......I weigh 4 lbs today!!!!! That's right, I weigh exactly 4 lbs. and I'm almost big and strong:) Oh yeah, I am also 16 inches tall. I might even be more than 16 inches tall now because I found out I was that tall on Sunday night, only I forgot to tell everyone.
I'm so big that now I have to wear a security bracelet around my leg so that no one steals me. If someone tried to take me, they'd only make it to the elevator before the whole hospital started alarming...okay, maybe not the whole hospital, but it would be a loud alarm!!! Mommy and daddy are trying to talk the nurses into letting me go outside for a short picnic..mommy says I'm looking a little pale and I could use some sun...the nurses just laugh. Mommy is going to ask the doctors if I can go outside and watch the fireworks on the 4th of July. Mommy and daddy are going to tell the doctors that she will hold me the entire time we are outside because she knows that the doctors want me to be held as much as possible. She's going to try to work that knowledge to my advantage.
I think my Grandma Domo and Grandpa Bob are coming to visit today. They're going to work on the floor in my bedroom for a little while today. And I just know they won't leave Cedar Rapids without seeing me....I have an addicting personality:) I'm going to smile my best smile and see what they think!
I smiled at mommy yesterday. Her and daddy have been trying to sleep at home a lot more lately, because they're trying to get everything unpacked. They still have a long way to go because it's so slow when they're not home very much. They always spend the evenings with me, no matter what! Anyway, mommy came to the hospital early in the morning to hold me for my 6:00 am feeding, she does that every day. She picked me up....the nurses let mommy and daddy pick me up now all by themselves. I sat on mommy and we got situated and then I finally opened my eyes. I was playing hide-n-seek with her before that and I really wasn't sure who picked me up.........but when I opened my eyes and saw mommy holding me, I couldn't help but smile. I smiled once and she laughed and mentioned to the nurse that maybe I had gas...just to prove her wrong I gave her my best smile a second time. Mommy melted:)
This whole baby thing is going to work out to my advantage. I know that I already have both mommy and daddy wrapped around my little finger, but I am pretty sure I have both sets of grandparents wrapped around my little finger too!!! Almost every day Grandpa and Grandma Orr come to visit me, and Grandpa Bob and Grandma Domo drive a long ways to see me too. I think it's like an hour drive, which may not seem like much to most people, but for me that's a really long time!!!! I love to see my grandpa and grandmas because they think I'm so cute! I bet I will be able to get away with anything that I want to when I am old enough to visit them. :)
Yay!!!! It's almost time for me to eat........that's my favorite part of the day. And soon I will get to eat like real people do...I'm tired of this hose in my nose, and I want it gone. I've actually taken it out all by myself several times, but I don't even try anymore because those nurses shove it back in...I know it's important for me to eat with, but I am a big boy now...I wanna eat through my mouth!!! A new developmental specialist came to see me yesterday. Daddy says "this one is all about the oral feedings." I think that means that she's going to figure out a way for me to eat through my mouth! The doctors want me off of the CPAP before that can happen, but the rumor is I should be able to eat through my mouth in 2 weeks or less....I can almost taste heaven just thinking about it!!!
I hope you all have a great day:) I know I will becuase I'm going to eat lots today!
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