Happy 2nd week birthday Evelyn. You have celebrated your first 2 weeks with a great deal of ups and a few downs. Sure you have had the occasional apnea episode, you do startle your mother and I by having the occasional O2 drop and the sometimes lagging heart rate, but overall you are strong and doing better daily. You have topped your original birth weight and are getting more and more active every time we are around you. You got to spend time with your big sister and I am pretty sure that was love at first sight. Feedings are going great and Evelyn is almost ready to come off the IV feedings and focus strictly on breast milk which is just another milestone as we progress towards the goal of her coming home. As the days get longer and we move through spring, you will have more time out of your incubator and in our arms... it really is the best feeling seeing her look up whether her eyes are open or not when she is being held. I am still nervous when I am holding her, but it is more in a 'oh dear I am a new parent" sense than in being afraid of the fragility of her condition. Sure she is my second child, but its been 7 1/2 years since Madeline was a newborn so it is just like I am doing it for the first time.
Well, that is all for today, just wanted to thank those that are still reading, I promise I will do a better job starting this week. Last week was big sister week for spring break. Back into a normal routine (well as normal as I can ever be).
good night Evelyn
Love you
Daddy.
Happy 2nd Week Birthday Evelyn, and as a new mommy my beautiful daughter Laura, a renewed new daddy Tim and a new Big Sister Maddie!! Oh then I could mention all the aunts and uncles, grandma's and grandpa's....don't forget her Mimi!!! (I believe that there may be an official "name change" real soon for my husband, Grandpy, he has talked about it so Evelyn can know him by one name).
ReplyDeleteI really look forward to readying the posts, but understand how you have to split your time with your daughters, your work, your Laura and yourself. Just keep those of us many miles away a quick note (even by text) or Facebook, that all is well as that is how we stop worrying (June Cleaver I am called...yeah, real funny! Just the mom in me!!)
I look forward to next Monday so we can say happy week 3 and then OMG, we will be right at 4 weeks or a monthish!!! A fighter, she is destined for greatness!!! So glad the feedlots are going so well, what is he weight up to now?
Sending much love, or as much as the computer will let me, to all of you. I am SO looking forward to seeing my beautiful granddaughter. Maybe by the time I get to come up she will be well enough that I'll be able to hold her for a few mins (positive thinking on my part!)
Have a great day (it's 12:26am here), and I'll text/talk to you both hopefully tomorrow. You have a box from great-grandma/grandpa Tucker coming or there. I can give you cell number for after work if you want.
Love,
MIMI