4:58 am...

and I have a snoring baby on my chest. Life is good.

3 months old

CG is three months old today. It is hard to believe, for me anyway. For developmental purposes we will use her "graduation day" as her day 0, so her corrected age is 2.5 weeks. In reality, I am sure I will always keep up with both dates, although I have been told she should be caught up by her second birthday. Hopefully that is the case and no one will be the wiser that she surprised us all 13 weeks early.

Things are going well here at Charlotte central. She is busy growing and learning. It is fun to watch and witness all of those little moments that we were missing when she was in the hospital. For the most part, she is a content and calm little. She loves to cuddle and hates bath time, just like any other newborn.

One week

Ok, a little more than one week....but days are all running together, so take what you can get.

Little miss is doing just fine. She is getting plenty of sleep, plenty of food, and plenty of loving. Aaron and I, on the other hand, are not getting plenty of any of those things. Such is the life of parents of a newborn. Her first doctor's appointment went fine, she is over 7 pounds now and still amazing doctors and nurses alike with her good health. We hear a lot of "What!?! she is a 27 weeker?"

Here are some pics from her first week at home.

All's Quiet on the Western Front...

for now. So it only took us two days to go from, "She's not making any noise, go check on her" to, "Oh thank the Lord, she's not making any noise". Before you get worried, we are still hovering, just not as diligently.

At least someone is sleeping in this house.

We stole a baby today....

or at least that is how we felt earlier, because CHARLOTTE WAS DISCHARGED TODAY!! She was born at 2 pounds 2 ounces and 13 inches long. After 74 days, she graduated from the NICU at 6 pounds 9 ounces and 18 inches long.


She flew through her 7 day count down, after her one set back last week, and you already know that she passed her car seat test. All the doctors and nurses were terribly sad to see her go, but so very happy that we were leaving with only a prescription of reflux meds. We have been told time and again that Charlotte is most definitely not the average outcome of a 27 weeker, she far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Tonight, and I am sure for many nights to come, we will gladly hover over her, making sure she is breathing. We are so happy to have her home and are very blessed to have her here healthy and happy and strong.

To all of you that helped during the last few months, thank you so very much, we could not have done it without you. I am severely delinquent in my thank you card writing, please forgive me and thank you for understanding.

I know that you all are anxious to meet her, but we are heeding our doctor's advice and keeping her tucked away for at least a month. We will let you know when we are ready for visitors.

This just in...

Charlotte passed her car seat test with flying colors. We are still in the countdown, but so glad to have this one behind us.

Caterpillar....uh, Tuesday?

So we haven't posted one of these in awhile:
Little C is 6 pounds 7 ounces and 18 inches long. She has come a long way from where she started.We are so proud of her and can't wait to have her home.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Russell

For your birthday present, I am growing......hard. I might even be snoring.