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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Uncle TJ

Mia had a very special day today. Mom and I drove to Orlando so she could meet her Uncle TJ for the very first time. TJ lives in Kansas City and rarely gets to come for a visit so we took advantage of his very little bit of free time to drive up and eat lunch with him. Mia loved her uncle so much she feel asleep right in his arms. I'm so glad he was able to meet her while she is still so small. We can't wait for him to be able to come for a longer visit.


Mia's First Bath

Keeping with the theme of the last post here are some pictures of Mia's first tub bath. She loved being covered with the warm water and snuggling with her daddy after she was all clean. She is very easy to bathe and tries her hardest to slide down so her whole body is covered in water. I would sit her up and she would scoot right back down into the water. I guess it's good that we have a water baby since we live in Florida and I'm sure she will be swimming as soon as it's warm enough.







Wash My Hair

This post should have been made a while ago but I've had my hands full with a sick little girl, who is all better now! Thank goodness.

When we first brought Mia home from the hospital and we couldn't give her a tub bath yet we learned that after her sponge bath she LOVED to have her hair washed. She would scream all through her bath and then as soon as she felt the warm water run over her head she would go limp and completely relax in her daddy's arms. It was so precious to watch. These are a few pictures from when I washed her hair in the hospital.










Monday, January 19, 2009

Baby of Many Faces

One of our new favorite past times is watching Mia make faces. She can make some of the funniest, cutest, and meanest faces I have ever seen a baby make. I took the camera today and just watched her for 5 minutes and took pictures of all the faces she made. Here is what I saw.











One Month.......Already!

Mia is One Month old today! I can not believe how fast the time has passed. She was this tiny little baby who weighed 5 pound 12.5 ounces and now she has grown so much and weighs 8 pounds 4 ounces. She is starting to focus on objects now and We love to watch her look at her surroundings with such interest. She has some control over her head now and she tries so hard to hold it up and look around. Every day is a new adventure with her. She is amazing in every way and we can't wait to see what she will do next.


12/19/2008




01/19/2009


Special People

It takes a very special person to become a pediatric nurse. They see children at their worst on a daily basis. We were blessed enough to be surrounded by a wonderful group of nurses our entire stay in the hospital. I can't say enough about how they treated Mia and us as well. I will never be able to say thank you enough to them!

This is nurse Lori. She took very good care of Mia. She took her for a bath and rocked and loved her for a couple of hours so that we could get some sleep when were were just exhausted in the first few days of Mia's illness.

This is Nurse Tech Kristen. She always had a smile and a silly comment for our little girl. She was especially good to us. (parents and grandparents)


This is Nurse Rob. He has a daughter about a month older than Mia. He took special interest in her and was present for almost all the major procedures she had to go through. It made us more calm to know he was there taking care of her.

Home from the Hospital

It has been a very long 13 days but I am so happy to say that Mia is home from the hospital. She was released at about 3:45 pm today. Mia was given a very special 1 month birthday gift from the doctors by being allowed to come home today. She is doing so well! She was sent home with 5 more doses of antibiotics to take over the next 2 days. Other than that we are in the clear and can go back to our normal routines.

Granny dressing Mia to come home

More getting dressed


Granny loves Mia so much! Can you tell?

All strapped in ready to go


Why are we still here?


Finally home in her swing where she belongs


She is fascinated with the bears on her swing

Saturday, January 17, 2009

More Hospital Pictures