What a long day! We had our intake session with the Ronald McDonald House family services intern today, so we didn’t even get over to the hospital until the afternoon. When we arrived, Little Miss Sunshine was free of her tanning booth. They have moved her to a six-hour schedule with the bili light, which means she gets six hours without Mr. Horrible Awful Mask and six hours with him. So we got a glorious several hours of mask-free baby deliciousness. She did not disappoint. Leah is so expressive. We got all sorts of funny faces today – some yawns, some scrunchy faces, some tongues sticking out, and even a few little eyeballs with an accompanying smile. I wish I had time to capture that last one on the camera. Precious!
We had some more Mama Kangaroo time this afternoon – and this time Mandy and I each held her for a little bit longer. She would not get comfy on my chest, so we put her with her back facing me, which seemed to calm her down.
Auntie Staci came to visit tonight, and while we were in the room visiting with her, we gave Leah a pacifier and she nommed on it for a little while until she got too calm and went all bradycardia on us. She’s been doing that all day, even when we’re not holding her. As we said goodbye to her for the evening I called out (quietly), “Nite nite LeahBug! Don’t forget to breathe!”
I’ve been getting super-batty from lack of sleep so it’s a short post tonight. I’ll overload you with cute instead.
p.s. We are running out of verbs and adjectives and other parts of speech to adequately express how blown away we are by your awesomeness and generosity. Us: grateful… floored… staggered… amazed… stunned… You: awesome… wonderful… supportive… generous… community. Thank you.
And now for some pictures.
Baby’s getup today
Big yawn
Sleepy baby
Toeses
Fingerses
Spirit fingerses
Vogue…
More fingerses
Eeeennhhhh, Mamaaaas, get this tube outta meeee!
Silly baby. This is not what I meant when I said she sticks her tiny tongue out around the tube. This is more like, “NYAH NYAH, I’M CUTER THAN YOU!”
E.T. Phone Home
Okay, being in bed most of the day with a migraine is now (almost) worth it because it means I was up to see this right away. SO SO SO CUTE!
AHHHHH My Leah girl, more beautiful by the moment! I so missed seeing her yesterday, was so very sad, but I did get something accomplished, like laundry and cleaning house which was much needed! I will be there all day today, YAY!
She is so beautiful guys. Congratulations. Such a blessing. Much love to all three of you xxx
She’s a cutie pie!!!!!
Thee class sends our love to Leah! Keep the pictures and updates coming:-)
Thanks, Anna! You know we will!
I need to grade papers, but I can’t stop looking at these photos of this sweet little baby! She is adorable. I want to hold her too!
Jane, looking at baby Leah is much more fun than grading papers! 🙂
Leah (pronounced like the princess or like Lee-ah?) is so adorable! She looks so vivacious! Love the ET one. I hope I can visit this summer! <3
Leah like our biblical ancestor (yeah, and the princess) or Leah like Lee-ah, depending on which Mama you ask. 🙂
And sure, hopefully you can stop by some time when things quiet down a bit!
Looking at Leah is more fun than doing anything!!!