I'm in love...

With my family and friends... and sister Taytum's boppy pillow.

"C!"

Everyone...



Loves to..



Hold an...



Angel...

This is what I think..

About the doll stroller, funny faces, and long car rides.

Doll Stroller

This is what Grandma Jane did to me when she came to visit.

Showing off...

My fat and chins...

5lbs

Celebrating 5lbs and growing.....

Faces

Funny faces mom makes me do, and my impression of opera without tears.

Lovey & Pacey

Her favorite things.... oh and milk

Everyone likes to hold an angel

And fatter......

Growing every day

First bath..........

This was a good and calm bath...

Cute as a button

With an eye for food......

Carseat Challenge

Before being able to bring Zennah home, there was a CARSEAT challenge to see if she would maintain her breathing the length of time it would take me to drive home... She passed her 1/2 hour test... but.. Okay, that stuck with me and freaked me out. I'm driving, how can I see her face??? This continued to freak me out everytime I drove with her in the car for the next week.



She is super small in the seat, the buckle is wider then she is...

And then there was cat who got very fat

Now this little kitten keeps growing... this is one her one month birthday. Look at the cheeks, and let's follow lovey and how she shrinks.

Visitors

Everyone wants to see the new baby Zennah... We took turns bringing the kids in even Nana Bear, Grandma Jane, & Uncle Matthew got to see her. Her first visitor besides mom and dad was Uncle Matthew.

Progress

Mom was going to the hospital at least once a day and every time she or dad made a visit there was progress. She would either have a weight gain or be off some meds or assisted item.



Some of the big milestones were starting breast milk through tube feeding, graduating to a bottle, getting to breast feed.

I remember being sooo happy the night the nurse let me first help change her diaper, and then the night I got to hold her for the first time. Most would be the night the nurse said to me, put her to your breast and lets see what she does and to both of our surprise this little warrior latched on and went to eating. Mind you this has not stopped.

Zennah's Start

1st time mom holds Zennah - 5 days old

2 lbs 12 oz and perfect. Outside of being small, Zennah had no major problems which allowed her to progress quickly and come home from Children's Hospital after only five weeks. The entire experience has been very hard at times, but with the help and encouragement of the staff at Children's it made it easier leaving her every day. The first time I walked into the hospital I remember how scarred I was, but in no time I was familiar with the rutines. I will never forget the smell if the soap we had to use to "scrub up". To me that was Zennah's smell. She was given a lovey doll made for mom's to wear in the bra and then give to their babies so that the moms smell is with the baby. This was given to me after eft my nursing pad with her and the nurses said they did not have the heart o take it from her because she was almost like cuddling it.

Zennah and her lovey