Little Blessings

Abigail lost an ounce and is now at 2 lbs and 15 oz. We know that it is normal for all babies to fluctuate in weight, but we were really excited to get to say 3 lbs for a short while, and we know that she will get there again soon.

We have had wonderful nurses taking care of our Abigail! Yesterday our nurse was Linda, who has been in the NICU for a long time and has given us great encouragement time and again. It was no exception yesterday. Linda told us that she thought our schedule was wonderful. We go and visit Abigail at two feedings a day. We usually spread them out so that we don't wear her out by bottle feeding two times in a row. Linda told us that if we think about what Abigail would be doing if she were still inside me that we were giving her the best care possible by only seeing her twice a day. If Abby was still inside she would spend her days and nights sleeping, sucking her thumb, and growing. This was great for me to hear, a gift for my heart. The fact that we are going twice a day is because of my doctors orders to only be in the car twice a day, and to not drive for two weeks. So yet again God was taking care of me- I would have been wearing myself out going up there; and taking care of Abigail- I would have been wearing her out too.

This morning was fun because we love to get to know our nurses and we had a new one this morning. Christy is very sweet. And as we were feeding Abigail, Jeff and I were listening in on Christy talk about her sister who is a pediatrician that is getting deployed soon. She talked about her brother-in-law, who is also a doctor, and as we listened Jeff and I wondered if it wasn't an old friend of ours. So we asked, admitting to our evesdropping which Michelle laughed about, her brother-in-laws name. It is our old friend Jacob, who we lost contact with, but love very much. So, God gave us another random little blessing of being able to connect with our nurse in a special way. And we can now get in touch with Jacob and see how he and his family are doing.

We are blessed in so many ways. Abigail is doing great. She is awake more of the time when we are there feeding her. In fact she was still awake when we left today, but she was falling asleep fast. Thanks to everyone for your prayers. Thanks to our family and friends for helping take care of Samantha and Mackenzie. Thanks to God for being ever faithful and constantly present.