christmas eve +

Well its christmas eve here and cookie is tucked away in her crib. Shes dreaming of all the fun to be had in the morning.

We carried on a tradition that i had as a child of opening 1 gift on christmas eve. She got a glowworm! She loves it :D it lights up and plays music. She gives it kisses every time it lights up.

We started a new family tradtions tonight. We are going to read "the night before christmas" every christmas eve from now on. We had to use a printed out version this year but plan on going after the holidays to get a nice hardcover copy of the book.

Hope you all have a wonderful night and a perfect tomorrow. Merry christmas to all and to all a good night!

lisa....

ive been thinking about my friend lisa lately.. she just had her baby boy and hes off in the NICU. Those are the hardest days. I struggle silently for her. I know her pain... watching her baby.. having limited times to hold and bond.. watching the staff follow orders not to feed him....

your going to get through this momma. you have to. i am here when you need

Brrrr

One cold day in december..... we decided to get out and go have dinner with my mom and Don. Had a great time!

12.10.09 CHLA

So we had out CHLA (childrens hospital of Los Angeles) apt today.

It was our best apt yet! Cookie has been such a trooper and doing so well day to day with all her meds and feedings. As soon as she seems the dropper with her meds she opens her mouth for them and takes every drop. Shes been eating like such a champ too!

CHLA told us today that this is the best they have ever seen her.... which coming from them is mind blowing! Even at her best times we got the "yea.. shes alright" kind of responce. Today they cheered for her and praised us. It was very nice to hear!

She is 17.4lbs (in the 25th%) for weight. She was 17.3lbs at her pediatric apt on november 24th.. but we are used to that by now. CHLA has super stingy scales. They are still impressed by her weight gain which is a first. Just a couple apts ago they threatened us with a feeding tube.

So her weight is great. Her lungs sound perfect and she got 100% saturation on her o2 levels!

All is well in cookie-ville. For today anyway

tis the season

Well, the lights are up! we got the house lit and done up right and proper.

I love this time of year! nothing better than having baby's first christmas on top of it! Im so excited! She could care less im sure but im excited enough for the both of us :D

We have cookies CF apt coming up here next week... so i will update on that when the time comes. For now its time for fun, lights, holly, sweets, and gifts!

and on top of it all, i have a new video to post! we have a crawler!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hJX6gOrvVg