Grabby Grab

Quinn now loves to hold onto things. I think we may have a blankie girl/binkie girl on her hands. She has a few cute "woobies" (security blankets) people have given her. Look at her holding onto this burp cloth! These are some of my favorite pictures ever!

Sleeping Beauty

Quinn is less grunty and sleeps so much more soundly now that she is off the lactose. She feel asleep on my shoulder this weekend, and she maintained her position even after I put her in her crib!


Look at our big, beautiful girl filling out her newborn sized clothes. As of last Saturday, Quinn is now an eight pounder!

I am pleased to announce that despite our break, Quinn is still a breast feeding champ!

Lookin' good

Quinn loves to stare at herself in the mirror, and in the camera on my phone. Here is Quinn really digging on herself!

I am bursting with fruit flavor...ok, anxiety...I hope Wednesday brings good news!

Quinn had her first official up the back blow out today! Dalan was so proud.

Hopeful that we are a week or two away from discharge!

First.... the pictures

I am hoping to update the blog with pictures and stories soon... Stay tuned!

Eyes not ready yet...

Eyes

Quinn will get her walking papers if her eyes are mature and healthy tomorrow. C'mon universe, send us some good eye vibes!

Quinn ate like a champ during our over nighter! Way to go, baby!

Hold onto your seats, but I am going to go dairy free so I can nurse Quinn again! More details to come.... Eventually

Eyes slight better... Slow, but steady progress!

Quinn passed her swallow test (upper GI)! We have another meeting on Friday to assess our feeding plan... So far, so good!

Day one of the new feeding plan a total success... Fingers crossed for day two!

Had a team meeting yesterday and made a feeding plan... Fingers crossed that the lesser interventions work!

Eyes slightly better again!!! Still working on the feedings!!!

Cute girl

The kids in my class have been begging for a picture of Quinn next to a stuffed animal, so I finally did a little photo shoot with Quinnie the Pooh and Winnie the Pooh.

A couple more...

Here are a some pictures from this weekend (first jeans, first socks, wearing white before Labor Day, being overall adorable, etc) ....hopefully, I will find time this week to blog, but if not, enjoy Quinn until next weekend. LOVES!

Nursery preview

Slowly, but surely I am getting the nursery put together. I got all of the vinyls up this afternoon. Here's some of them....

Week in review

This week has been totally crazy and busy for Dalan and me. I am sad that I am blogging so infrequently, and not recording all the fun things Quinn is doing.

1. Her eye exam went well, and her eyes are slightly improved. Keep the eye vibes coming. They are clearly working. It is amazing what can happen when you put something into the universe and have so many people thinking/praying about it.

2. Her progress with bottle feeding and eating has stalled. She will do it sometimes, and refuse at others. We now need vibes in this area too. Am I being too greedy in my asking of vibes? I hope not. This little girl needs to come home, and she needs to eat well and consistently to come home.

3. She weighs SEVEN pounds now. She is chubby and cute.

4. She is getting so strong. She can almost flip herself from her belly to her back.

5. She loves her mobile so much! (Thanks Nana!) It might have tied with her binkie as her favorite activity. The best thing in the world to Quinn is sucking on her binkie while staring at her mobile.

6. We call her Romulus. As in Romulus and Remus. As in the twins who were raised by wolves. She attacks the breast, bottle, and binkie like a wild, feral child. She will put a nipple in her mouth, and shake her head, like she is going in for the kill. It is hilarious. She and Piper will get along famously!

Now for the pictures.....

I love your face

Last Sunday during Quinn's bath we had the opportunity to see and snap some pictures of her beautiful face sans any tubing. She had already pulled out her feeding tube, and the nurse took out her cannula and held her little oxygen mask over her nose in between pictures and awwwing and ohhhing by Dalan and me. Quinn still loves her bath, and you can see how relaxed and happy she is in all the pics! Isn't she pretty?