Thank God...We Like Her!

Amelia Jane and mommy are doing well. Laura is pumping enough milk for all of the feedings (39 ml every three hours) and we were even able to sleep at home the last two nights. 'Sleep' may be a bit of an exaggeration as Laura still has to get up every three hours to pump but then no one said that 'sleep' and 'parenthood' are compatible terms.

Amelia is quiet and sleepy usually- but every once in a while she opens her eyes and stares around at things. Occasionally she goes cross-eyed which was cute until I suddenly wondered if I had a cross-eyed daughter. The nurses assure me that this is normal.

For those of you wondering Amelia's shortened name is Mia- we won't be calling her Amy.

Other good news is that Amelia no longer has an IV tube in her and they keep turning down her oxygen- soon she will be breathing on her own (she isn't on a ventilator- just a little oxygen enriching thing).

I shot some video that I will be posting in a few days.

Thanks so much to friends and family for their prayers, calls of support, meals, favors done, etc. I am not even going to begin to try and thank everyone by name here since it would just take too long but Laura and I have felt surrounded by love throughout this whole process and that is such a blessing. God has been good to us. Our baby is a little early but she is beautiful and healthy.

Below are some more pics and just for fun I am going to throw in some 'Laura was pregnant' and 'we went to Michigan for my birthday' pics.