We were supposed to take Mia to LA today for a helmet adjustment, but decided against it with all the weather going on...we noticed this morning that they were escorting cars over the grapevine and decided we didn't want to chance it and get stuck on the road somewhere with the baby...not a great idea, so we'll wait for another day to do that.

In the meantime, we weighed her this morning, she's now 16 pounds 13 ounces...maybe she'll be so fortunate as to gain the 5 pounds everyone else does over Christmas?? Probably not, but we are grateful that she continues to gain weight.

She is also on an antibiotic now because I emailed a picture of her incision to her doctor in LA on Monday and they didn't like the redness at the top along with the fact that there was a slight green tinge to it, so as a precautionary measure she's on an antibiotic for 10 days...she should be done just in time for Christmas. :) Since starting that on Monday her scar looks so much better and there isn't the green anymore and the red is going away too.

Sleep continues to be hit and miss, sometimes she does well and sometimes she doesn't, but I have noticed that she isn't so fussy anymore and I can get things done in the kitchen while she is playing in the living room, so that has been a nice change. :)

We continue to be grateful for progress each day and for all your prayers!!!

Mia is doing really well. We took her steri strips off her incision yesterday with this product called Detachal (spelling?). Anyway, it loosens the sticky stuff so it doesn't hurt and I am happy to say that Mia did not cry at all! There is a small red spot at the top of her incision we are watching to make sure it doesn't turn into an infection, but otherwise it looks great. We also felt a new tooth starting to come in today, so that might also be contributing to her fussiness. Some nights are better than others for sleeping, we continue to be patient and pray that we'll get into a better routine soon. Pray that she would eat better during the day, we continue to work on that.

Mia went to see her pediatrician today and she thought Mia looked great. Each day is a little better at home, but she still gets upset if we leave her alone for any amount of time. They decided to take her picture at the pediatrician's office and I thought ok, she likes her picture taken, but as soon as they got the camera out and took a picture she immediately started crying. But if I take a picture of her...or her grandparents do, she poses and smiles for the camera...

She got weighed there and is now 16 pounds 11 ounces...so she's doing great with gaining weight. Please pray for continued healing and that she'd return to her normal happy self soon. Pray also that she'd sleep better at night, we know it will just take time. :)

We are doing well and each day I feel like Mia gets a little bit better. This last surgery wasn't easy for her and we are finding that she's having a harder time sleeping. This might be because she wakes up uncomfortable or because she is still a bit traumatized from her hospital stay. Anyway, sometimes the only person that can console her is Mom...not even Dad, so pray that her sleeping would get better...it's almost like having a new baby at home again. :( And of course her tummy still isn't quite healed, but getting better, so pray for that and pray also for her eating, she's slowly getting there with her feedings...but she is pretty much refusing all solids still. :( The good news is that she has put on some of the weight she lost from the hospital stay, she dropped 9 ounces when we were there...down to 16 pounds 3 ounces when we came home, but now (1 week later) she is up to 16 pounds 6 ounces...so I feel like we are making good progress even if she isn't eating that well! I know it is just a matter of time...it takes time to heal, but it's no fun to watch her be uncomfortable...and we do give her Tylenol, but we try to make that a last alternative, if nothing else will console her. But we continue to be grateful how well her little body is healing.

The Baby Jesus

I haven't been blogging as much because I've been trying to get all our Christmas stuff up so we can enjoy it before Christmas gets here. Last year we didn't put anything up because we didn't come home from the hospital until December 20th...so this year, Brad put the tree up on the Monday we were home from the hospital. This is Mia's first Christmas Tree...she really liked the lights. Then I started going through all the Christmas stuff and she really enjoyed looked at the trees and Santas. Well, when I unpacked the nativity I was showing Mia all of the different characters/animals...and she wasn't super interested, until I showed her the baby Jesus and she immediately grabbed it and took it...we thought that was neat, maybe she knows!