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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 home sooner than later, and I need to practice the bottle feeding :) we won't give anyone a date, but when she's home everyone will know <3
Zoie was more interested in Ivie today than I thought she would be. She usually doesn't even notice babies, but kept looking at Ivie. She knew there was something different :) I can't wait until we are all home <3

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