Wallpaper and preemie jumpers ;)

Today we spent most of the day working on Wesley's room.  I put up his vinyl decal and together we put up the wallpaper border

Tomorrow hopefully we will get the valences up.

Once we were done with the border we headed to see Wesley for a short visit. When we walked in I saw a blanket over him 

I get all giddy inside and I say to Joe I think he has clothes on!!!

So we pull the blanket back and sure enough!

He was getting his feeding so we let him lay there in peace and played the cute hippo music box Beverly got him

Once his feeding was done I told joe we will have to disturb him to get pics of him on his first day in his outfit!

Wesley is 5 weeks old 30 weeks gestational age

Today was a great visit with Wesley! I am so in love with this baby I never thought anything like this would happen to me. For those that have known me from the past, they are probably shocked of this whole thing.  I never wanted kids and didn't care to be around them.  Always had the fear if I had one and raised it right the bad kids at school would corrupt them.  I used to call pregnant women's babies parasites bc they suck everything out of u.  Now here I am.... Not only do I have a baby, I am adopting one and I'm beyond in love with him.  Also I am even more in love with Joe than ever imagined.  Seeing him with Wesley makes me melt.  Not only does he love kids but he can love a child that wasn't his as if we made him.  Never did we ever contemplate if we could.  It was almost an obvious decision for the both of us.

I can't wait to get this baby home and I know it will be hard for me to adjust to his schedule.  I love sleep and now I will have to say goodbye to it.  At least I will have this cute face to look at when I don't get to sleep: 

Welsey is now 2# 12 oz! He is still very tiny as you can see but filling out nicely.  He has grown into his blue hat my friend made for him.  God does amazing things!

Huge leaps of progress!

Wesley is doing awesome! Weaned him more at lunch on his vapotherm and by evening he was off of it! He also is on a real low fluid rate and soon won't have an IV.  I can finally see by baby's adorable nose! 

Smiles at lunch

Finally a paci can stay in!

Half smile!

Handsome boy!!!

So peaceful

Nite Wesley!

Busy days are good for work but not Wesley.

Well I didn't get to see Wesley at lunch bc I had too many surgeries to do.  I did call and check on him and so far so good.  He only had one more episode of low heart rate at 5am and non since.

7pm Joes mom and middle brother met us to see Wesley.  I think Uncle Nick was a little nervous to touch him but I know in no time they will be best friends!

Wesley was extra wiggly tonight so we didn't bother the nurse to take him out.  It's been almost 2 days since he had a BM and if he doesn't by 5am he will get a suppository poor guy!  I think I would be cranky too. 

Joe held his favorite paci for him bc since the big tube was put in his mouth he can't wrap is mouth around it to keep in his mouth. 

Wesley was very content after that and went to sleep.  

Beverly came to visit and brought him the cutest stuffed hippo music box and I forgot to get a picture of it.  He seemed to like the music ;)

Nite all!

A month old and going

Went to see Wesley at lunch. His nurse was on break so I was in there with him alone.  I turned his head over bc he keeps wanting to lay on one side and right after his heart rate dropped and he stopped breathing.  I know this is normal to happen sometimes but it did give me a mini heart attack. I rubbed his belly and he went back to normal.  When his nurse came back I told her what happened and she wrote it down.  I talked to her about kangarooing and planned to do it tonight.  

He got to have a little tummy time towards the end of my visit.  He loves being on his tummy. 

Joe and I came back tonight and told nurse I wanted to kangaroo.  Then another nurse came in and aparently there was a nurse switch and we got a different nurse.  Somethig about the new one didn't vibe.  Maybe lack of confidence. The first nurse tells new nurse we were just about to kangaroo.  The new nurse takes over and does all his vitals which the last one already did.  She puts blood pressure cuff on him and he cries.  More than he has ever.  He got so worked up he stopped breathing and heart rate dropped.  She rubbed his foot and he went back to normal and dropped again. She rubbed his foot again and back to normal.  I don't like seeing these events.  I wish he wouldn't have them when I'm around.  

She said that he's real stressed right now.  I said should we not kangaroo? And she said probably not.  So no kangaroo for me.  She put him on his side to see if he breathing would get better and he made a cute pose.

Looks like he is thinking real hard on how to scare me next.

Well we are going to go home early bc me sitting here is stressful.   Wesley wanted to send a msg before we left.  I'm teaching him sign language :) 

Wesley the happy boy

All is well with Wesley man! They started him on bolus feedings and he is tolerating them well.  I saw him at lunch and they said his eye test were good, echo was good, and head ultrasound was good. They are also weaning down his oxygen.  I can't wait to get him off the vapotherm bc then he will get te big tube out of his mouth.

Now he has all this tape on his face poor guy!  Lots were going on so I didn't bother the nurse to get him out for kangaroo care. I just sat and watched him.  He smiles so big.  That's what the nurses say... He's so happy!

The close ups make him look big but in the middle of the bed he is so tiny!

Joe and I came to see him tonight and he is now back in the isolet like he was in Monroe.  

At least now the outside noises won't bother him as much.  We took him out and held him and watched him smile :). So far all is well with his health and I pray it stays that way.

Wesley's first day in Shreveport

Today was so much easier to wake up knowing Wesley was here in town.  I called to check on him and the nurse said all was going well!

At lunch I went straight to see him and his dr was there.  She was very sweet and so was his nurse.  They increased his formula to 3mL an hour and said soon he will be on a bolus of formula instead of continuous feeding.  Wesley smiled for the nurse when she was laughing about something.  I wished my lunch would last forever!

Wesley blew me a kiss and I went back to work.

 After work Joe and I went back to hospital and they said Wesley's eye exam so far is good!  Joes parents then came and met Wesley for the first time. The nurse got him out and we were able to hold him.  Tomorrow I will start kangaroo care for an hour a day.

I love being able to take closer pics of this handsome boy!

The nurse tonight said he was so cute and I again said aren't they all.  She laughed and said she shouldn't say lol and said put it this way they do look cuter as they age.  The nurse also adopted one of her kids.   Her daughter was in the NICU and was very sick and the birthparents didn't want a handicaps kid so they gave her up and she was the nurse and knew she deserved better than to go to a special needs place.  Well her daughter is now a healthy 5 ur old that is super smart!

I can't wait to see what Wesley becomes!