Today Was a Banner Day!

Dear Munchkin,


Today was an awesome day to hang out with you.  Today you came off the ventilator and are doing a pretty good job of breathing on your own.  It means one less machine which is really great.  Every day you seem to have less and less in the way of machines helping you out.  


Your personality is shining through too now that you aren't on the muscle relaxants anymore.  You are such a cute little wiggle monster.  And you've started to have an audible cry.  Which is the sweetest sound to me.  


Also, I got to hold you for the very first time today.  That was one of the most special moments of my life.  The nurse decided that it would ok that I hold you.  So I was able to snuggle with you for a whole 15 minutes.  When the nurse was getting you over to me you stared fussing.  I don't imagine it's fun getting moved around and getting out in the cooler air to get to me.  But as soon as you were put in my arms, you snuggled right in, stopped fussing and got this super content look on our face.  Then you fell asleep in my arms.  You were so warm and soft and special that I didn't want to put you back.  But I did so you can grow and be well.  
I hope we can do that again tomorrow and the next day and every day after that.  And I hope that your Dad can hold you too tomorrow.  


Love


Mom

Rob is 3 days old!

Today I got to spend a chunk of the day with my wee little boy.  I forgot to take pictures of him, but it was an exciting day!

He seems to be doing really well.  They are thinking of taking him off the intubation tube since he's doing so well with breathing on his own.  This would be a fantastic thing.  They've also stopped giving him muscle relaxants and the morphine so he's more alert and with it. He's quite the wiggle monster.

They are pretty happy with his progress so far and so are we.

He got to have a little sponge bath and get his hair washed.  He wasn't so impressed with that. He doesn't really make a crying sound yet, but he winkles his face up and flails about and tries to push your hand away.

He also tries to get rid of his IV already and managed to flail off one of the leads that he had on his wee hand.

It was amazing how the time slipped by.  I was there all afternoon and it felt like no time at all had passed by.

Tomorrow I'm going to read him a story.  I was going to today but there just didn't seem to be time.

Barber Shop

Just putting this in the blog for a memory's sake.  

This is the barber shop Bruce was in when I called him to come home and take me to the hospital.  Thankfully he wasn't in the chair yet 

More Family to Meet

Dear Rob,

Today you got to meet some more of your family.  Your other Grandmother (Bruce's Mom) came to meet you today.  She was very happy to meet you.

So you only have a few more people to meet, your Uncle Ron & Aunt Christine, Aunt Shauna

and your other Grandfather.

Your Grandfather lives in Victoria and won't be in Ontario until closer to the day 

you were supposed to get here.

They are all excited to meet you as soon as they can.

I'm home now

Today they let me go from the hospital.  It's funny, they kept me in a wee bit longer than I think they normally do, but perhaps that's so I could make the trip over to Sick Kids a few times to see my little guy.  It was certainly an adventure getting over to Sick Kids from Mount Sinai through the steam tunnels.  My Mom and I got lost a couple of times on the way there, but found the most efficient way to get back.

It's very strange to be home without my little guy.  I really do wish he could be here, but I know that they are making him well over at Sick Kids.

At the moment it looks like they are going to wait a couple of weeks for him to grow a bitt bigger before doing the surgery.  So I guess all we can do is wait.

Today we got our first family portrait together when I brought him a little stuffed bunny rabbit I bought him last night when I was coming back from Sick Kids.....There is a little monkey buddy for him too, but we didn't think there was a enough room in his bed yet.

I think the bunny rabbit is almost bigger than he is at the moment.  But he will grow.  

I wasn't sure if they were going to let me leave the bunny with him yet but I thought I would at least bring it with me to show it to him.  And the nurse saw the bunny and asked if we wanted to leave him in the crib with him.  I almost completely lost it at that point.  

Meeting the Family

Dear Rob,

Today you are 1 day old and a bunch of your family came by to meet you!  They are so excited that you are here.

This is your Grandma (my Mom)

She told me she had to stuff her hands in her pockets because she 

just wanted to pick you up and hug you.

This is your Grandpa (my Dad)

He thinks you're pretty nifty and you'll have to watch out when you are a little older

because he will tease you a bit.  

This is your Aunt Jo (my sister)

I had to include the two pictures.  The expression on her face was priceless in the first picture as she looked like she was a afraid to touch you (not true as she touched you before that)

This is your Uncle Kirk (Jo's Husband)

He thinks you're pretty nifty.

Also, your Uncle Rich (Bruce's Brother) came by as well.  

For some reason we didn't get a picture of him with you, but we'll get one with him soon.  

No Real Belly Pictures

Dear Munchkin,

We don't really have any pictures of you inside my tummy.  You Dad an I were going to take some pictures really soon as we figured we had some time.  But nope, you decided to get here early.  That's ok though we don't mind.  You Dad did take a couple while we were waiting for you to get here in the delivery room.