Rembering when....

I remember when you ate 45 ML's (1.5 ozs !)and we couldn't believe you were eating so much!
I remember when preemie diapers were a little too big!
I remember when your bibs seemed to eat you alive.
I remember when we had rolls in your car seat so your head wouldn't bobble or body slide forward.
I remember when socks were too big and you'd kick them off.
I remember when you looked so small in your swing we thought it may take you to the moon (and that's why you weren't in it until you hit 8 lbs!).
I remember when the nasal bulb wouldn't fit in your nostril.
I remember when most hats would fall below your eyes.
I remember when your pacifier looked bigger then half of your face, and that was the preemie sized one!!
I remember when we had to sponge bathe you because your bath tub was just too big!
I remember when someone would be up around the clock with you because you were so tiny we were scared to go to sleep.
I remember when we used receiving blankets to swaddle you.
I remember when you couldn't lay on your boppy. You could have just laid in the center of it.
I remember when everyone would say, "She's so small!"

Now you eat 5 ounces!
Now you wear size 1-2 diapers and even those are looking smaller by the day on you.
Now I'm putting bibs in the 'to small' box.
Now your newborn insert may come out soon.
Now you can wear even the big socks!
Now it looks like you weigh the swing down!
Now we have no problem getting those boggies out!
Now some hats are fitting on your head OR even getting to be too small!
Now your pacifier is the perfect size even though you rarely want it or take it!
Now your barely fitting in your infant tub!
Now we ALL sleep so soundly when you do.
Now your almost to long for many of your 3 month sleepers!
Now you tower over your boppy!
Now everyone says, "She's getting to be so big!"

Reflection

There are times that I look at this little girl

And it is just so hard for me to remember that she once looked like this

Her head was the size of my fist!



Or that her little legs looked like chicken legs - poor thing! 
So small, fragile and willing to thrive!

Or that she lived like this for the first few weeks of her life

It was a triumph to get her to finish a 2 oz bottle! 

This was one of her first days at HOME!    

And now she growing

And Growing!

And is now completely off of the Oxygen that helped her lungs develop and become stronger in our thin high altitude air!

And she is now smiling, giggling and totally fascinated with the lights of the season! (Picture to come soon!)

Ok enough reflection!  I truly can't believe it is nearly December 1st!

Good day. No, make that a GREAT day!!!

Twinkle Toes had her weight check, additional shots and oxygen check.  My girl is a rockstar but we all KNEW that.

She now weighs 10 lbs on the nose - which means that she has gained 27 oz within 27 days.  Yep that's right, that's an ounce a day!  Right where they want to see her.

And drum roll please......

She passed her oxygen test with flying colors.  So she can go without the oxygen tank and just use it while sleeping at night!  That is huge and means that I don't have to carry that blasted thing around to daycare!  

As you can see, she is excited too!  :)

Ahhhhh, sweet freedom.

We are going to do a happy dance as a family tonight!

Life is Amazing......

Now, we all know that but in the last few weeks I've noticed that Twinkle Toes eyelashes and eyebrows are really starting to come in.

When she was born, she had none, nada, zip, zilch for eyelashes.  Now, she did have fingernails and toenails and they are all growing like mad, but she didn't have eyelashes until now.

It just amazes me to look at her from the side while feeding her a bottle and you see the eyelashes coming in.  It's truly amazing!