And just like that, we have a one month old!

So, for the past 5 or so days, I have had a note on my phone to do a blog update, and I just have not had the time.  But I know so many people follow this, so I am hoping to get this up today.  We have hit a few milestones, since my last post a week ago.  Big news, we have a one month old daughter (and in true mom fashion, I am a few days late letting everyone know!).

Since I am loving bullet points, let's go that route:

* Olivia continues to be off CPAP and her lungs seem to be functioning great, way less dips, which is great news.

* Olivia turned 4 weeks old on Saturday, December 16th

* Then a few days later, hit her one month birthday (funny how that works out) on Monday, December 18th, we brought cupcakes to her nurses to celebrate!

1 month old!

* Olivia has been doing well with her bottle feeds.  She started with only taking about 8 mL per feed then would get the rest from her feeding tube.  But she is now doing about 20 mL to her full bottle, which is 32 mL, each time it is offered (which is about every other feed).  Mom and Dad have both got to feed her too, which is fun!

I love bottle time and snuggles with Dad!

* Why does she not get a bottle every feed?  At her age, she can actually burn more calories than she needs to, so right now, it is just offered about 3-4 times a day.  As she gets older and gets the hang of it, we will move to more frequent feedings with the bottle and then eventually try nursing.

* She is now 33 weeks gestation and if you read the last post, you can see the strides she has made in just one week.

Check out me in this outfit last post, look how much better I fill it out now!

* Olivia moved to an open crib yesterday, so no more isolette.  She is doing a good enough job regulating her body temperature that they moved her to a crib with no top.  She does get double the blankets swaddled around her now though, just to give her some help and a snazzy hat on all the time.

Check out my new Crib!

* Starting today, Olivia is off caffeine as well, this is often given to preemie babies to help stimulate lung and brain function.  As she continued to grow, they kept her level the same (so she would eventually outgrown the dosage) and it was determined that she did not need it anymore, so she will now no longer get it.

* Her MRSA culture remains negative!  YAY

Big Miracles, Small Package, thanks for the onesie "Auntie" Sara!

* She did have a clot near her heart, which showed up on her ECHO, but her second ECHO showed no change in the size of it.  The doctors all say clots near the heart of babies are common and most absorb them on their own.  However, since she had the infection, their fear is that some bacteria got into the clot, so just to be on safe the side, they are continuing her antibiotics for a total of 6 weeks from the negative culture (which was pulled on December 7th), so assuming everything stays the same, she should go off antibiotics around January 18th.  Thus, she will not be home before that date, at which point she will be around 37 weeks gestation (or a few days after).

* Big News, she is nearing 4 pounds now!  She is hoovering right on the edge so we are hoping by Christmas she hits that milestone!

Christmas hat was made by one of the nurses grandma's--how precious!

Milk Coma!  She is happiest after she eats, she sure gets this honestly from both mom and dad!

We so appreciate all the prayers still, we have been so blessed with meals, gifts, gift cards, love and support from so many people and we go to bed every night realizing how blessed we are with so many great friends and family around to support us!  So thank you all!