First week home

We are loving having Brian home with us. It's so much nicer than having to see him in the hospital and then say goodbye to him at the end of the night. Here are some pictures of Brian's first week at home. As usual, they are all in opposite order- anyone know how to get your pictures uploaded in the order you select them in? It always puts the first picture I upload at the very bottom.... anyways- enjoy some pictures of cute baby Brian, or Buddy as we call him.

Fast asleep- what he does best

First time in his boppy seat today- it's actually what he's doing right now as I type this

Another attempt to get pictures with his eyes open- he always has that concerned look on his face

I bought him some hand covers so he wouldn't scratch his face, plus it keeps him nice and warm

Napping with Aunt Lisa this morning

Snuggling with Dad after eating

Next to Dad's size 16 shoe! He moved his arm right when I took the picture

One of my favorite outfits of his, from my good friend Emily- thanks, Em! I love those monkey pants

First time Grandma Suzy got to hold Brian, even after seeing him in the hospital everyday for 27 days. Thanks for visiting, Grandma!

Brian is home!!

We got to take Brian home from the hospital today after 27 days in the NICU. He hit 5 pounds 3 ounces today, exactly 2 pounds bigger than his birth weight. We are so happy to have him home with us, and he is sleeping soundly in his bassinet now. We are thankful to all the nurses and doctors who took such great care of him. Here are some pictures of our morning (I still don't get this blogger thing and the order they upload pictures in!)-

Family picture leaving the hospital

All bundled up and ready to go

Trying to wake him up to eat before leaving the hospital- we weren't successful

Out of order, but here he is taking his first nap in his bassinet at home

Another family shot in Brian's hospital room

With his froggy blanket he had with him everyday in the hospital

Not waking up to eat :o)

First time unhooked from all his cords and monitor

Last nap in his crib at the hospital

August pictures

Here are some pictures from August. Brian has done a lot already this month! He hit 4 pounds, got out of his incubator into an open crib, ripped his feeding tube out, started eating his food out of a bottle, passed his carseat test, and now is going to come home on Tuesday! We are very excited to have him home with us. He will probably hit 5 pounds tomorrow (he was 4lbs. 15.9oz today- just .1oz off!). We are very grateful to all the doctors and nurses who have taken such good care of him.

Trying to stay awake before eating

Attempting to get a picture with his eyes open- he is always asleep or blinks from the lights

His cute premie nightgown and first day with no feeding tube (but his head was turned away)

We have to turn the lights down to get him to keep his eyes open

In an open crib!! And a picture of him in his cousin Daniel's old outfit

Pulling on his ear and his huge pacifier

Another attempt at getting his eyes open and his cute frog blanket from the hospital

Taking a nap with Mom

Snuggling with Dad

First day in an open crib!!

Couple videos

Just some videos we took a couple days ago of Brian being all bright eyed. He's good at that, when he's awake.

So, news...

Sarah went to the hospital yesterday to find that Brian had pulled his feeding tube out during the night... and they decided to leave it out. He's eating all his food by bottle now, which means he's in the final countdown to coming home. The goal now is to see if he can go five days in a row without any major blips on his monitor. So far he hasn't since Thursday, so they're saying Monday or Tuesday he'll be coming home. Woah.

As if that wasn't enough. I got a job yesterday. A real job, not just another contract. Salary, benefits, no worrying about the contract suddenly ending because some VP's stocks dropped a few cents.

So, all in all, not a bad week.

No new pics at the moment, sorry. Just wanted to update everyone.

Brian's First Nude Scene!

Sarah got to give him a bath, and I caught the whole thing on video for the viewing pleasure of his future girlfriends, and you, of course.

4 Pounds! And he learned a new trick.

Brian hit four pounds yesterday. He's getting so big... compared to before...
They also have him out of his incubator into a crib. He's starting to drink from a bottle, which is apparently one of the hardest things for premies to learn. They have to figure out the idea of suck, swallow, then breathe. He's working on it.

He wasn't sure at first why his new pacifier was leaking, I think.

New Camcorder

We got a camcorder, so expect far too many videos posted of Brian looking cute. That's about all he can do now, so we'll get lots of them, I'm sure.