The Fiesty One!

Gracie is a fiesty one to say the least. But we will get to that in a minute. We started our day today with a visit to mommy by Olivia. What a great visit. Olivia woke up telling me she wanted to see mommy, so we went to the hospital after we dropped Sophia off at Nanny's. We got there and Olivia jumped up on mommy's bed and was soooooo happy to see her. She hugged mommy and said "I love you mommy". Olivia brought mommy coffee and a bagel and they sat on the bed and had breakfast together. We showed Olivia a picture of Gracie from the morning she was born. Olivia told us "I like Gracie, and I love her too. And she likes me and loves me too." Man, was that cute! During the visit, I picked up some milk from mom to take over to Oakland for Gracie. Today the doctors said this would be the first day for a feeding. So, Olivia said bye to mommy and went to Nanny's. I went over to Oakland to see Gracie. I got to hold her again today for about an hour before lunch. While I was holding her, she let me know if I was moving too much with lots of squeaks, and if she wanted me to stop holding her hand she would push it away. When it came time for lunch, the nurse showed me the drill. She put about 5 ccs of milk into a siringe and a real thin feeding tube down Gracie's throat to her belly. Then gravity did the rest. The milk went right down into her belly. Gracie swatted the nurses hand a little when she was taking the tube out, just to let her know she was not going to get away with that without paying a little =). All the nurses say she is a "fiesty" one who protests when being poked or prodded. I certainly saw a little of that today. Anyway, her vital signs are all good and they took out the IV and stopped the anitbiotics. Her blood cultures came back good. So other than an IV in her foot I think with saline and a litte oxygen thing under her nose, she is just resting and getting stronger. She did loose 3 ozs so she is now 3 lbs 3 ozs. Losing a little is normal after the delivery. Her little cap came off and it looks like she is gonna be a blonde. She has a little bit of blonde fuzz on her head and real fine blonde eye brows. I am still waiting to see those eyes, but its really bright in the ICU so she is holding out. Maybe later this week we will see them.
Kim is doing good, and will hopefully come home tomorrow. She is in a lot of pain from the surgery, and will be tender for a few weeks. Hopefully she will get to see Gracie in a day or two. I know the girls will be happy just to have her home. We miss her.