Mother's Day Weekend

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful Moms. Hope your day was as blessed as mine.

Grady is doing very well. He is more alert and looking around. His coloring is wonderful. The boy had his eyes open when I got into his area. He would look at Daddy and then look at me. He had just had a bath though and he started getting sleepy when his nurse began his feeding. Grady is taking 35 ml of formula now. He has dropped most of the extra fluids he had. The nurse weighed him at 4 lbs and 6.6 oz without fluid. Yeah. He is just a little over 16 inches long. 41 cm is his exact length. I guess I was growing him too fast last week. I told you he was over 16 and 1/2 inches. Grady is not quite there, but he will be before we know it.

Now that Grady is 'post surgery', he is maintaining his stats much better. His nurse told us that he has not had a drop in a while. You know, when all his bells and whistles go off. That is very good news. Grady is healing and will get stronger every day. What a blessing.

Grady is breathing about 20-30 times over the respirator. It is set lower to encourage him to take breaths for himself. But when he is sleeping, Grady is letting the machine do all the work. So we have a little ways to go with this leason. The nurse started working on teaching Grady to suckle while he is eating. So, you may be getting a lot of pictures with a paci in his mouth. He needs to associate the suckling with his belly getting full. Just to brag, Grady is getting this lesson quickly. He enjoys his tummy getting full. Just wait until he gets to taste things. Suzanna and Tim will not be able to keep him full. Emma will teach him how good snacks are. I hope he likes cheese. That is Emma's favorite snack right now.

Our little man is a movie star. His JoJo learned how to video him using the cell phone. This blog will allow a video, but I want to let his GiGi and Pa review it before I put it out here. Grady's Uncle Brian and Uncle Charlie need to see it too. Maybe I can get it on here for Wednesday. The video will give you a short look into what a baby looks like when he is enjoying a paci. Stop laughing, you will watch every second, right? I knew it!

As always, you are the support that has gotten us this far. Thank you for your prayers and love. One day, Grady will get to meet all of you and know that you are his family, too.

Talk soon,

JoJo