Leap of Faith: Waiting, Waiting & a Little More Waiting....

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not a lot to update - we have just been doing a whole lot of waiting and a whole lot of nursing. Wyatt's weight is the only thing standing in between us and home. He checked in at 9 lbs 15 oz last Monday (oh my gosh, I can't believe we've been here a week already) and weighed in at about 9 lbs 6 oz this morning. Not a huge drop but each day it fluctuates a little and they would like to see more of a consistent upward trend before we are discharged. He is still taking this medication called Lasix which is used to reduce fluid retention so it makes it even harder to gain weight at a good pace. BUT- we are working at it and we'll get there.

Good news is: he gets stronger every day, his congestion from the vent being in has cleared up and we are making a ton of new friends ;) All of the nurses love him and ooo and ahhh about how sweet he is. Already a hit with the ladies = trouble for me when he's older!

Lacie Rae and I got out for a few hours this afternoon and went to Discovery Place. We had such a good time and it was so nice to see her sweet smiling face for longer than an hour. I miss her dearly and cannot wait to get home so all 4 of us can settle in to our new little family life. While we were having girl time, Daddy and Wyatt watched a little football and Wyatt got his 1st bottle of "mommy milk" - took it like a champ!

Lacie is getting more and more comfortable here at "our hospital" as she calls it. She pulled a chair over beside Wyatt's bed and was inspecting what was inside. She said, "We're about out of diapers when he poops!" so I told her to call the nurse and ask for some more. We were shocked when she actually did it! One of those moments you wish you had on video "Could you please bring more diapers for my baby brother?" Absolutely adorbs....