12 Weeks In & Almost Out!! :)

You see something missing here??? Can you guess???? Ah yes you're CORRECT! My Oxygen tube is FINALLY GONE!!!!! :) This is the first time ever my mama and daddy have seen my naked face!!! (Minus the couple of times I had my sleep ap mask off) And may I say it was definitely worth the wait for them!! They finally get to see my true beauty underneath all the wires and tubes!! And I finally have nothing that bugs my pretty little face!! Nothing to pull off or yank on!! Ah It's sooo Nice!! Today there was no real news other than my mommy and daddy WILL BE spending the night with me on Sunday!!! I am soooo stinking excited for that!!! And now for the bad news..... I LOST weight ugh, 15 grams, so that makes me still at 7 pounds but still that's not good! I need to gain weight to get out of here so if you are at home right now make sure you do a fat dance for me!! Cause I need my weight gain!! (15 years from now I will think I am crazy for wanting to get fat!) Right now chubby cheeks are my ticket out of this place!! It was probably also because I am not quite used to breathing on my own so I was not too hungry today :( I only ate half my normal feeds twice in a row :( Oye I need to be a fat baby so come on weight gain!!  Now when mommy and daddy come in I no longer need care so no more temp checks, no more probe changes, just diaper changes and feeding! Now the routine is they come in and pick me up and wait for me to wake up, today it was the mama's turn ! See below!

Now that is proud mama of her baby girl! Look at that beautiful smile!! By far and away my favorite picture so far :) Too bad my eyes were closed ugh! I blame you dad!! You should have waited!! Oh well still a beautiful picture! Anyways I eventually decided that my tummy needed some food so the mama got my bottle and to town I went!! I killed that bottle in under twenty minutes!! See Below!

Now that I got the hang of this whole breathing with out the help of the fancy machines I was mighty hungry! So I showed these nurses whose boss and that I am MORE than ready to get out of here!! After my meal it was time for daddy to change my outfit See below!

You like??? I sure do :) Daddy was going to dress me in something else but the mama chose this and I must agree it is FANTASTIC! :) Thanks Mom!! And yes as you can see I am back in the box and you all know what that means, time to say bye bye :( Oye I was pretty full after my meal anyways and as you can see below I had no problem falling back asleep!

All jokes aside this has been a crazy journey hasn't it??!! When I first decided it was time to "pop" out of my mom all I wanted to do was see all the people that will love me! I never knew it was gonna be this hard to get out of here. Heck I thought I was going home the day I came out :( But alas I was not ready, heck I was not ready for a lot of things. Breathing for one, man oh man that took practice! Eating was another one, everything was force fed to me for so long. Now look at me up there! I am breathing on my own and eating out of a bottle just like a big girl! Heck I don't know if I would even consider myself a preemie anymore, I am 7 pounds 20 inches long and I am pretty sure that is normal or at least close to normal birth weight. In about 2 weeks I was originally due to come out of my mommy, but instead of being in there growing I have spent the last 12 weeks outside growing. And let me tell you even though I had some real bad days at times I don't regret a single thing! I have 12 weeks that I would have never had! And that is 12 more weeks that any other normal baby would have had!! I also have the love from all of you that I would have never had! And I say this because some of you reading this would have never known about me to begin with, you know me because I came out early! ALL of you have followed me from day one and if I was just some normal patient baby, I am afraid I would not have had the same effect on all of you that I have had. You have all showed me that it is possible in believing in the impossible! And I have showed YOU all that the impossible is possible :) In a way we have helped each other! And that my friends has helped me grow to who I am today! In fact I truly believe like I said last night you all are the reason I am as healthy as I am today, YOU the readers! I am eternally grateful for all your prayers, thoughts, and well wishes :) If I can accomplish anything in life close to what I have accomplished in these 12 weeks I have a huge future in front of me :) and I will never forget the people that got me there :) Good night family and friends :) I love you all so much and my time here is almost up but my time in the world is only just beginning :)

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