Little Evelyn is snoozing away all bundled. Today was great so far. She got to meet her Aunt Patti and her Uncle Dan's family. Statistically she is starting to show the progress we want to see. She for the 2nd day in a row gained 50grams of weight and is now right around her birth weight. She's also showing more alertness and those strong personality traits she garnered from both ends of the gene pool. Saturday I got to change her tiny diaper and I have to say no matter the size, no kid enjoys diaper time. It was cute as she pushed off away from me but reassuring that she is just like other babies...even if she is 1/4 the size. Her nursing staff every day tells us she has so much character and that despite micro preemie status she is showing great overall development. There will be hurdles, there will be setbacks and I think she has the right set of parents to handle them as she grows. Next week (or this week depending on how you start your calendar) is big sister week in more ways than one. I will likely introduce the dynamic twosome some time later in the week, but I also have Madeline all week, so it will be more about making sure big sister knows she's just as important. Thank you to everyone for reading about her journey to this point and the continued support for all 3 of us. It's been a fun first week... Just thinking about the fact that 168 hours ago we were debating doing what we could to delay her to Wednesday to develop more. So glad I've bonded so much with her already.
love you
Tim
I have had a wonderful week reading this as it has made the miles not seem so long between our family. You and Laura have done an amazing job this week with Evelyn being there and being there for eachother. And I am sure that Maddie is very excited about meeting her little sister. It is true that you are going to have bumps in the road, but together with your families you are going to manipulate them just fine. Always know you have so many people around you that love all of you. Please kiss that tiny beautiful baby and tell her that it is from Mimi, until I can give her one myself. :-)
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