Today was mommy's due date....40 weeks gestation

Oh mommy.....please snuggle with me!

Peek-a-boo!!
Danielle's full out ticked off face...

Today was Mommy's due date, October 11th! And Danielle is such a champ and 8 pounds 8 ounces today, just what she would have been born at!!! We try to imagine what it would have been like for me to deliver an 8 pound baby girl today, crazy! She is being such a sweet baby and doing everything we want her to do and more. Today is also special because Daddy fed Danielle his first bottle today, and changed Danielle's diaper for the first time!! She is taking full bottles regularly now, still sometimes taking only half a feeding but still doing great. She is getting the bottle whenever she is awake at feeding time. She could very well have one for every single feeding but if she is sleeping they figure, why wake her.

Danielle had a good eye exam this week. No changes and her eyes look a bit better. Still no oxygen setting changes right now though, it is still just best to keep her settings the same and she will have another eye exam next week. Just a little disappointing because we really want her home, but we know this is best for her and she is doing great and her eyes are stable, so no complaints here.

Neurosurgery came up earlier in the week and changed her shunt setting up a tiny bit higher, they change the setting with a magnet. Just a little 'fine tuning'. There was concern that it may now be draining too much now, but its not, everything is just fine. Depending on which position she is laying in depends on how sunken her fontanel is, (her soft spot). So if she is upright in the boppy her fontanel will appear to be more sunken and her shunt will drain more than if she is laying in the crib with the mattress just slightly elevated.

So that is about it, our little girl is just growing and growing so much every day. The ARNP told me today that every day her exam is perfect, perfect, perfect! She is just doing great and we are waiting for those oxygen settings to come down so she can come home soon! We pray lord that Danielle's eyes continue to be better every week and that she stays healthy and growing strong. I wish you would have been born today baby girl, but God had a plan for us and for us to see you sooner than was supposed to be. Your a miracle sweetie! Mommy, Daddy, Dalton & Dylan love you very much. Keep fighting with all of your might baby girl, you will be home very soon. We are so, so proud of you darling :) ~