Home?

It's official we get to "room in" tonight and Gavin will be home tomorrow. Yeah. Unless something goes wrong, which it won't we will finally have our boy home. The nurses want him to stay longer and sometimes I think i do to, this is a whole new ball game for us. But we know he is meant to be here so bring it on. He has been there by far the longest out of any of the babies left in the NICU, so we have become very attached to the nurses there and will miss them. But we are ready for this next step.

Wednesday

Gavin is so close to coming home. If all goes well today they will let him come home on Wednesday. He was circumcised last night. Poor thing. The nurse said he did really well and did not cry. If he gets to come home on Wed., we will have a sleepover at the hospital tonight. They call it a "room in". He will be coming home on Caffeine for sure and possible oxygen so they will be sending him home on an apnea monitor, when we sleep over they will be teaching us all about the machines and what to watch for and listen for. I am so excited but so nervous, sometimes I feel like a first time mom and I hate that because I think I should know all this stuff, I have taken care of 2 other babies. But I know things are a little different this time, but still. I never imagined that we would have a boy and all the circumstances surrounded by his birth but I can truly say that the love I have for him and for my 3 girls is more than I ever thought possible. I don't know what I would do with out any of my kids in my life. I know my Chloe was watching over me and her little brother that day and I hate that she can not be with us now, but I know she is the reason we are both still here. I miss you baby girl and thank you for protecting your brother. Now all you have to do is keep your mommy "sane" for the next 18 years. Once we have Gavin home and settled I will try to keep you updated on him being home.

1 month, 1 week and 1 day old.

Gavin is still off oxygen and doing ok. He is now 5 lbs 13 oz and for the last few feedings has been eating around 85cc, like a a bottle and a half. He has been desating a few times but considering he is breathing room air, we say that's pretty good. He may have to go back on it but that;s ok cause they will still let him come home. They are just trying to see how well he can breath with out oxygen. The nurses keep telling us that they think he will be ready to come home sometime next week. We are so ready for him to be be home.

Update and pics of Gavin

OMG!!(gosh) Isn't he edible?

Oh no, get back here.

Oh Mommy, I'm so tired.

All nice and bundled after my bath.

Hurry bundle me up!!

Need I say anything??? Precious.

Mommy getting my bath ready.

Gavin is 5lbs 11 oz today. He is doing so good and was able to have his oxygen tube out as of 8am this morning. Oh my gosh I was so excited to finally see my baby's face with out all the tubes. He more handsome than I ever thought. He had some tests done and it looks like everything came out good. We are still trying to get the hang of breast feeding but he did really good tonight for a while and then got too tired and started getting frustrated so we went to the bottle. They did the numogram 2 nights ago and decided to switch the formula he was having to an acid reducing one to help with the acid reflux and it seems to help, although he love the breast milk this is helping with the acid. I was able to give him a bath tonight(my first time) and he seemed to like it. He still has his leads on so it was still a littel awkward bathing him with those on his chest but I think we did alright. Our little guy is well on his way to coming home. Things will be very hectic and crazy for a few weeks after he is home because the Doctors and Nurses recommend not taking him out anywhere, so if you want to see him you will have to come to the house. If you or your kids are sick we will have to ask that you wait to see him till things are better. I know this will be hard on all of us, but we know that in order to protect him from getting sick we will have to miss out on alot of things and Chris and I will have to take turns going to events. It will be ok and we will do what we need to. He is a blessing and is meant to be here.

Wendover, Baby!!!

The infamous tree.
We decided to take a quick trip for the night to Wendover. My sweet Mother-in-law took the girls for us and with Gavin in the NICU we thought we would get away for a bit before he come home. We know ut will be awhile before we can get out like that. It was a short but fun trip. We were able to spend some much needed time just the two of us. Of course we talked about our babies, and what we have been through. We didn't win Millions, although we were hoping because we will have some medical bills to pay for, we went out there for fun. Thanks honey for a great getaway.

Driving to Wendover

Going out with the Honey,

Don't we look cute??

Crazy??

Madalyn had crazy hair day at school on Wednesday. So here are some pics from that day.

Mommy, Daddy already took my picture.

Crazy hair, Crazy Madalyn

New pics of Gavin

Oh i love him.

Um, Mommy you're squishing me.

Really, another picture?

Stretching out.