nicu day 4

June 20, 2011

Day 4

On my way to the NICU to see my girl!

When you've been in the hospital for this long, you start going a little stir crazy.  This is what happens to pass the time...you start taking goofy pictures. 

First day to take a bottle!!  No more feeding tube!!!!!! 

She was a REALLY messy eater! 

She pretty much had her IV in a different spot every single morning.  It's typical to rotate the location about every 24 hours.  I'm just so thankful she never had it in her head!! 

Halle looks a lot like my brother in the picture!

She had to go under the baby tanning bed for 2 days! 

She could only be out from under the lights for just a few hours a day, which basically were her feeding times.  We definitely loved holding our sweet girl every second that we could!  This is my first time to actually feed her! 

I know this may come as a huge surprise to many of you, but deep down, I think Addi's favorite part of visiting Halle was getting to scrub in!  As soon as you turned the water on, there was a time that would run for THREE MINUTES...you would not believe how long three minutes is when you're washing your hands!  They had special soap and scrubber brushed to use and our hands were raw by day 2!  Of course, Addi tried to wipe up everyone else's water drips on the floor, wipe the sink, etc.  Good grief!! 

It was really hard to hold Halle because there were so many cords and tubes.  Addi will get her turn...soon!