Sunday evening...

Hubby and I went down to visit Peanut this afternoon. Both of said we just couldn't get down there fast enough. The drive felt like it took FOOOR---EVVV---ERRRRRR.

Once we got there - it was kangaroo time.....and that's all we did for 2 hours. I held the bebe and Hubby sat next to us.....and snapped two pictures.

Here is our sweet boy. Today he weighs 2 pounds, 11 ounces or 1.216 kg's. He is almost back to his birth weight!!!!!

Disclaimer of pictures. I am clean- had a shower - promise, but no makeup and I had my hair up in a clip - but have to take it down so I can sit comfortably (otherwise the clip jabs me in the head...) so glamour shot today I am not. You care, right? And have you ever seen such puffiness under the eyes (i photo shopped them out of the color one - hehe!)

Do I look happy or what? It is the best feeling to get to hold him!!!!! He is so sweet!!! And he likes when we smooch on his head too!

On a side note, the kids still cannot see him. Swine flu has kept the unit on the "no one under 18 allowed - unless you are a parent" lock down. Pootie was supposed to go this afternoon with us and then Crash and Lola were going tomorrow. None of them are happy about that news.

Oh and to just clear up definitions for ya, the swine flu has been deemed a pandemic because of how it is spread NOT because of the severity of the virus. Worldwide there are only 770ish some cases of it and 450ish of those are in Mexico. More people have died from the regular flu then the swine flu. Folks need to wash their hands!!!!!! EWWWWW - keep the hand sanitizer with ya - use it!!!! There was a great article in the Charlotte Disturber today about case 1 and how they think it spread. It was very interesting, told Hubby that it read sorta like a mild version of the movie (had to bring a movie into it) OUTBREAK. (I LOVE that movie, Dustin Hoffman did a great job in that! And can we talk about how ugly Patrick Dempsey looked in this flick with that virus? another ewwww)

And just in case you think that the hand washing just isn't enough.. you can always get your complete pandemic flu kit.

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!

We had kind of dreaded Saturday all week. It as going to be our first day of "when should we go down to see Peanut". Lola had a game at 10:30 down in Waxhaw (30ish minutes away, have to be there 45 ish minutes before game time, we would have to leave our house by 9:15)....and then Pootie had his last soccer game at 4:30 in Kernersville - which is a good 2 hours away. Have to leave home by 1:30 because we were picking up some friends to ride with us.

SO WHEN DO YA GO TO SEE THE BABY? It was killing us!!!! We decided to get up early and be there at 7:30 right when the ward opens after shift change. We hung out with him for about an hour, I held him, we talked...Hubby smooched on him. I smooched on him....he likes smooching!!!!

His weight his up and so is his bilirubin - but he's not back under the tanning bed light just yet. When they get a little bigger, they are not as fast to throw him back under the lights as they are when they are first born.....if he has to go back under the lights, so be it.....but I like being able to see his face!!!!!!! If he's back getting a tan, they have to put the sun glasses on him and I can't see his face!!!!! So we will see...

Gram Mabel came back with Dad on Friday - so she is at mom and dad's for a while. I think we will take her down tomorrow to see him. I'll have mom bring her down, so they can leave after a little bit.

Lola spent the day over with them (dad and Mabel, mom was at work) yesterday (after her game) and kept Gram Mabel entertained. Mabel's probably glad that she doesn't hear so well after being around chatter box for that long....then Lola spent the night over there last night because she said she had to help Ninni (my mom ) get Gram Mabel ready for church....ummm...yeah - can't wait to hear that story today.

I was up early this morning - "boobages" woke me, pumped and went back to sleep. I think Hubby and I finally got up about 9. We were very tired. I did my nurse check in at 8, Peanut is good. And then fell back to sleep. Hubby and I decided we would go down this afternoon..this way, he could get the grass cut, I could get some laundry done and then we'll go to Lola's game at 1:30, then head to the hospital. All this planning....

The ultrasound is tomorrow. Please say a prayer that all is good and the ventricles are getting smaller and the clot is getting smaller. I am trying not to think about it too much. But it sneaks into my thoughts every so often.

Much love to all -

"Him's gots clothes!!!!"

Peanut's nurse Shirleen, she dressed him up for us today. He looked so handsome!!!! His weight is up - 1.187kg's which translates to 2 pounds and 9.5 ounces. We kangaroo'd today for about an hour and 15ish minutes - he loved it. He is totally maintaining his own body temperature, matter of fact, they had to turn down his isolette because he was getting hot.

so here is is, styling with his little dude outfit on, tucked so sweetly under a blankie that 2 dear ladies in Hubby's office gave him...AND IT'S MONOGRAMMED!!!! I totally love seeing his name like this!!!!! You can barely see his little striped shirt but it's there!!!!