Moments in Time to Never Forget

Well we cannot believe the time that has flown by already as Addison turned 6 1/2 weeks old this weekend adjusted age and 32 weeks gestational age. We are not really to sure what age to go by as the hospital uses both ages for various measurements and milestones, etc. Where does the time go, some days it seems to go so fast and others time seems to stand still. These are the days when we get to hold our little angel in our arms, feel her breathing on our chests and hear the cute little squeaks she makes when she gets her hiccups after eating a big meal. This is the cutest sound in the world, like a little puppy squeaks when they want your attention. You could listen to it for hours. Mom and dad got the nurses to get a set of Addison's foot prints for them to keep in Addison's memory box, how precious are these little feet and all ten toes.

We had a good weekend this past weekend, Granny and Grandpa Stanbra came for a visit and helped us out tremendously. They helped fill up our freezer with tons of food and helped Dad get Addison's furniture to start to get her room set up for when she gets to come home. Thanks guys! Addison had a wonderful visit with them and she even opened her big beautiful eyes for Granny and Grandpa to see her. Granny thinks she is absolutely beautiful and we as proud parents tend to agree. Grandpa made Addison this beautiful stained glass fairy to sit on her shelf, it is absolutely beautiful and if you look closely you can see that she is holding Addison's birth stone in her hand. Thanks Grandpa an heirloom for sure.

Addison was busy too! On Saturday Nurse Debbie arrived for her shift and found Addison sound asleep in her isolet, holding her NG feeding tube in her hand! She had ripped it out of her mouth along with the tape holding it in, causing her to rip some of her skin of her face. Oouch!!! But she didn't even let out a scream and continued right on sleeping. Doctors decided to give Addison a challenge and did some changes on her ventilation system. Addison continues to be on the SiPap machine but is now only receiving a steady flow of air that assists her in keeping her lung capillaries inflated, so the lungs do not stick together. She no longer receives the extra 5 breaths every minute to remind her to breath, they are challenging her to do it on her own. Addison is managing this so far, even though she is still have some expected desaturations in her oxygen levels.

Mom and dad both got some cuddle time with Addy while they kangarooed her on seperate days. Addison continues to do well with this and seems to settle in for a good sleep. Mom and dad feel very comforted that they can do this with Addison, as they really seem to notice a change for the good in her heart rate levels, saturations and respirations. It seems whenever they put little Addison back in her isolet after a long kangaroo, she seems to wake right up and be so alert, opening her eyes and listening to mom and dad as they read her another story. Addison gave mom and dad both a surprise however, when kangarooing with both of them she let out a cry to let them know she was frustrated as she could not get her head turned the way that she wanted it. Not what most parents want to hear but her cry was music to our ears. This weekend Addison got especially dressed up in another new little outfit mommy found on the internet. This adorable pink flared dress just makes her look like such a little doll. Mommy cannot wait to shop for little Addison, it is going to be sooo much fun.