Still in the NICU

I hope everyone will forgive me for my recent lack of updates--life has been a little bit crazy this week. I know I have been horrible at returning phone calls/emails--I will try to be better! Miss Banana is still in the NICU so right now my life is carved into 3 hour segments that revolve around her eating schedule--between running back and forth to the hospital, eating, sleeping, and trying to make sure the boys still know that they are loved--I haven't had much time for anything else. Until I can get to everyone personally, please know how much we appreciate all the of the love, support, and acts of kindness that you all have shown us. We are so grateful to have great family and friends--while this has been an incredibly stressful week, we feel so blessed and loved because of all of you. I don't know how to say thank you enough!

Miss Banana is doing okay. She had some horrible IV difficulties on Friday afternoon and instead of putting in back in the right place, they decided to take it out and see how she would do. And we have been off the IV since then! Hooray! The bad news is that she had to go back on oxygen constantly, and she needs more O2 when she is feeding. On Friday morning the doctor said we would work towards her coming home on Monday (the 13th) in the afternoon...but that was before the IV and more O2 problems, so we'll see what the doc says tomorrow morning when he makes his rounds. The cardiologist will take a look at her heart tomorrow as well. If they both say it's okay, hopefully she could come home tomorrow with an oxygen tank and a O2 monitor. The nurses the past few days have been really helpful and have been helping us practice how to feed her in different ways so that her O2 doesn't drop too low and how to notice if she's having problems--which is SO helpful and has made us much more confident that we will be able to care for her at home.

I will try to post tomorrow about if she is home or not--definately by Tues. night I will post another update. Until then--thank you again for all your thoughts and prayers and outpouring of kindness!

Here are a few more pictuers of our little lady:

Check out the mowhawk! This is the only pic we have with her eyes open.

One of the NICU nurses played Easter bunny this morning--she made these cool sugared eggs for all of the babies in the NICU--a tradition she has been carrying on for 20+ years. We couldn't get a picture of it, but there is a little Easter scene inside the egg.

Sofia brought over this cute headband--we thought it would be perfect for her to wear on Easter! So stinkin' cute!

Here she is with Daddy!

Smiling in her sleep--dreaming about going home I'm sure!