Hopefully I’ll have time to post some more photos tomorrow, but I couldn’t resist this one – we have a Glo Worm in the family!

Leah has been under “bili lights” for a few days now, and for a while they had this glowy blanket under her as well. Because of the bright light over the isolette, they keep her eyes covered with an eye shade that looks like little sunglasses. I think I posted a picture earlier. Her bilirubin levels had been rising, which is why she has been a little rock star for so many days now. It was so adorable at first (I think they should make some eye shades with cucumber slices printed on them), but by now we are just impatient to see her teeny tiny eyes! She’s getting pretty impatient too – today she tried so hard to pull off her mask that it folded her ears in half – I had to peel them open and back into position! What a silly bug. The nurses finally gave up and fitted a different kind of mask on her.

Her levels were coming back down as of this afternoon, so we’re hoping we’ll be able to start seeing her whole face more frequently.

Leah and I had a really sweet moment this afternoon, though, while they were giving her a break from the eye shade. I started humming “Tum Balalaika” to her, and she opened *both* eyes and looked up at me. I swear I almost cried. And I’m not really a crier.