With family

Grammy and PopPop I can't wait till you can hold me and squish me! I'll make sure to stay pocket size so you don't miss out :) Love Lorelei

Look at those eyes!

Mommy stop squishing me!

With cousin Erica!

With Grandpa Jeff

With Grandma Ronda

20 days old!

Sorry it's been a while since the last post. I have started back to work and have been staying extremely busy! Unfortunately, my days are not going to be as easy as this last week... but I am excited to get back into the swing of things. Jared has also been busy. This coming weekend he has a fencing tournament to attend in Columbus Ohio.

Oh our baby girl Lorelei! She's been doing so well. This week we started actually breastfeeding and bottle feeding. She is doing so well and slowly getting better each day. So her requirements to come home now are transitioning into a crib and maintaining her body temperature, and mastering feedings (bottle and breast). She weighs 4lbs 6-7oz! She's getting to be a porker!!!

So here are the latest pictures of our little girl! It's getting harder and harder to leave her. She's becoming more awake, aware, and babyish.

2 weeks old!

My cheek is red because I pulled out my feeding tube!

GGrandma I am wearing your outfit!

Aren't I cute in the outfit my great grandma bought me??

Friday was Lorelei's 2 week birthday! She is now past her birth weight and weighs almost 3lbs 14oz. She still hates her feeding tube and has pulled it out multiple times. She has begun "non-nutritive" nursing where she is not breastfeeding, but getting the idea of what to do. They hope within a week she will be ready to breast/bottle feed with no more feeding tube! The Dr. already gave the OK to feed this way, but the nurses feel she's not entirely ready for the change. We agree. She is just about out of her incubator. She has about .5 degrees in the incubator to decrease before they lift the top and monitor her temperature. She is doing a great job of holding her temperature. And they are upping her feeds as she gains weight. Now she's getting 32ml (just over 1oz). Thats about it for now!

More pictures

Eyes open wide!

Wiped!

This is our baby sleeping after I fed her!

All clear!

We got the results of Lorelei's cranial ultrasound, and it's clear! She's now just a normal preemie baby just needing to develop eating skills, breathing, gaining weight, and maintaing temperature. So really it's just a waiting game! Here are some pictures. As of last night our little survivor started to wear clothes! We don't have great photos yet, but they will come. She looks so squishy and adorable in clothes!

The first time she has been held by anyone other than us! This is Grandpa Jeff :)