Update

Update:

He is now breathing completely on his own! I'm thrilled about that.

He is done with the lights

He's gradually eating more everyday. He gets my milk through a feeding tube (the orange one in his nose).

To keep us realistic, they told us to plan on him being in the NICU until his due date (Aug 26th), but I'm hopeful that if he keeps doing as well as he is he'll be able to come home the end of July.

I changed his diaper last night for the first time, and that was interesting! He's so skinny! And there's not enough bum for his skin to cover so it's all wrinkly. Plus, those premie diapers are still a little big. I could see, though, that his bruised bottom is looking better.

He's so precious and sweet I can hardly stand it. I love holding him and watching all the funny faces he makes. So far he seems to be a very calm baby, which is why when I hold him I quickly get sleepy too.

Here are some better pictures of his cute face. I think he is all Orton, especially his Grandpa Orton, which is a great person to look like!







Notice the comparison of him with our hands. I have small hands but next to him they look humongous!



I'll probably be going home today, which is a little weird. I haven't been home in 4 weeks. I'm anxious to get there, but it's going to be hard to leave our little guy. We'll miss him every minute we're home without him, but we'll try to get to the hospital as often as we can.