Three updates today:

1) BabyBug hit 5 lbs on June 20, and today she hit 6 lbs! Good Buggy! If she continues to gain at this rate she should hit 10 lbs in early October.

2) The doctor said it looks like Leah’s ASD has gotten a little bit smaller and was hard to see on the echo. She said the VSD is still a moderate size (i.e. not small, but not large), but it may have gotten a little bit smaller too. In the back of my mind I keep thinking maybe the fact that the Bug was screaming at the top of her lungs through the whole echocardiogram possibly affected the reading, but I’m not a doctor, so… I’ll take it.

3) We had our meeting today with the ombudsman and head nurses to discuss what happened with BabyBug’s feeding tube. I like that they have a process through which parents can voice concerns in a non-adversarial setting and the nursing staff can identify ways to avoid a repeat in the future. We felt listened-to. That’s so important for parents, especially when babies are in the NICU for long periods of time.

That’s about it for today. I did promise pictures, and was reminded of this in an impatient text message from a certain sister of mine… so here you go. Are you ready for this?

We present to you… Luigi, our little Super Mario Brother.

Signor Baby taking a nap before she goes off to rescue the princess.

Little Luigi wore herself out from all the screaming.

Tiny Luigi toes, good for swimming in a frog suit and running through pipes while avoiding man-eating plants.

Luigi still attempting to master the art of thumb sucking