Life as we know it

Having two kiddos is a whole different ball game, so excuse my excuse for not blogging for a while ;) It's such a blessing to all be under the same roof, and we now have an almost three-year-old, in one month, and a one-month-old! Where the heck does time go??!! Ivie is such a good baby. I mean really really good! We are fortunate. Although that has some time to change. She is going to be a chunk here soon! Already out of her preemie clothes, newborn stuff is still a bit big, but that girl loves to eat! She weighed in at 6.3 lbs at her one month and is growing like a weed. I had a hard mommy moment, or week, really, last week when I made the decision to stop pumping. It makes me mad when people judge about breast milk/bottle fed babies. There is no right answer. It's what works for you. So I had pumped every three hours for 30 days straight for 20 min each time. Do the math. That's a lot of pumping. I didn't mind the pumping, but after 16 days and Ivie being home, I w...

Derik went back to work today... He was ready :) I was ready to get Zoie and I back on track as well. My body has healed well from surgery, although it's not used to being up every three hours at night pumping... I feel the affects when Zoie wakes us up at 6 am ready for the day! We had a busy day with a morning nap, a trip to Greeley to go meet sister for the first time and take her car seat to the nicu, a long walk to enjoy the beautiful weather, a second nap, now I get to "room in" with Ivie for the night! Back tracking a bit, Ivie is doing wonderful! The nurses are calling her a smarty pants :) she got her feeding tube pulled, and has taken all of her formula by bottles for 24 hours now! She is up to 4.14 lbs, and her umbilical cord fell off yesterday. The nurses wanted her car seat out there so they can put her in it periodically and make sure her stats stay up at a different angle. The reason I am "rooming in" with her is because we will be bringing her h...

This time last week I was anxiously sitting in my hospital room all alone, I wanted it that way, praying, watching Greys, and resting knowing we would be welcoming our second blessing the next morning. It's amazing how much can happen in a week! Ivie is back up and passing her birth weight @ 4.11, her IV is out, she is in "room air" so no more incubator, and her temp is staying up without the warmth. She now only has one tube; the feeding tube down her tiny nose, where she is getting 32cc's every 3 hours. She has attempted breast feeding twice and managed to succle out a few cc's then falls asleep. She is offered one bottle every 12 hours... And guess what she did today?! She guzzled down 34cc's in 20 min! The nurse was so excited to call and tell us. They said to not expect it every day, but now we know she can when she is awake enough, and hungry enough. She is a rock star! I have been spending about three hours with her everyday just snuggling her and gi...