Ella's 7lbs!!! YaY!

These are some up to date pictures of Ella! She's 7lbs 1/2oz! She's so big and so cuddly! I love to just sit and hold her for hours. They tried to take her off oxygen and she did good for 27hrs but I could tell she was getting a little tired especially when she ate so they put the prongs back on. She just needs more time. She's come such a long ways and I'm so proud of her. She's such a blessing to our family and proof that there is a god that loves us.

Ella Update

Sorry I haven't been keeping up on Ella's blog, she's just improving so fast. She's 6lbs 4oz. She's about 18in long. She's been on low flow nasel prongs for about 2weeks with her liters at .25. Hardly anything but just enough for the little help she needs. She's been breastfeeding and bottle feeding! She loves to breastfeed. They told me that its hard to breastfeed a preemie but she did great. She gets tired faster breastfeeding then bottle feeding but we just take it slow. Everyday she gets stronger. I'm so proud of her. She surprises me everyday with how well she's doing.

Cute Pictures from Heidi and Lacey

Heidi and Lacey take the cutest pictures of Ella. They do such an awesome job.

Ella and Heidi

This is one of Ella's favorit nurses Heidi. She has many favorites. All the nurses have been so awesome. We haven't had anyone that we haven't just loved. We have been so blessed to have such talented nurses to help her grow and mature. I've always wondered how women that have babies in the nicu survive the experience. After being there I see that the nurses play a huge roll into the experence. If it wasn't for the awesome nurses and attendings that we have had it would have been unbearable. They take such great care in Ella's care. Not only do they take care of Ella they also take care of us. We've been so blessed to have met these wonderful people. The nurses have become family. For the past 3 months the nicu is all we've known. It will be so hard to leave when the time comes.

Grandpa comes to visit

Grandpa came to visit Ella and he held her for the first time. While he was holding her she was sucking her thumb the whole time. She's never sucked her thumb and never has since.

Ella is a big girl

Ella's a big girl. She moved out of her isolet and into a big girl crib! Its so nice that since she's in a big girl crib now we can hold her whenever we want!