New Pictures

Gabriella went to the doctor this last week and she is topping the charts at a stunning 10 lbs 7 oz! The doctor was so happy with her weight gain, but she is still on a high calorie diet for another few months. Other than that, nothing there's nothing new at our house. Here are some new pictures of her royal cuteness!

Update

It has been awhile since I have done a post. We have been having lots of fun lately, so no time to blog! We do have a big update, after a visit to the caridologist on Tuesday, Gabriella got to take off her oxygen for the first time since she was born. She now only has to wear it at night, which she hates!

Her face looks so cute with out any tubes!!

Gabriella also got to meet her cousins, who she loved! They were so good about washing their hands and not touching her face. She had so much fun with them!

The dogs went to the groomer, they look good too! Gabriella and Copper are best friends already. They sit on the couch together and he makes her smile while he licks her feet.

Happy Birthday Trevor!!

Today is Trevor's birthday, yeah!!! I just wanted to tell him happy birthday from me, the dogs, and Gabriella. We love you!!

Sleepless Nights

Gabriella has had a challenging week as we are winding down on the last few days of her medications. So, it has been an adventure at our house. Between the withdrawls and constant eating, no one in our house is getting any sleep. Thank goodness that Gabriella has grand parents that are amazing. She now has had a sleep over with both Grandmas and her Papa Luke. I don't know if Trevor and I would have made it through the week with out them! She loves going for walks. It is the one thing that soothes her through her worst withdrawls.

This is a picture of her first bath at home. She enjoys her bath, although she has become known for going to the bathroom during her baths.

As you can tell in this picture, she is putting on a lot of weight. She has become ravenous for food. She just keeps eating and eating, no matter how much we give her. This is a part of her withdrawl, so we are hoping she doesn't continue to eat every hour.

The MiracleBaby

We got the pictures developed yesterday from when Gabriella was Life Flighted from St Marks to Primary Childrens. She wasn't even a day old in these pictures.

It is such a miracle that she is still with us.

In these pictures you can see she was getting a blood transfusion. This was just one of four that she had that day.

I can't believe how quickly I had forgotten how sick she really was; even in these pictures she looks so healthly. It is still hard to see these pictures, but it will always remind us how lucky we are to have her.

Adjusting

We are so happy to have Gabriella home with us, although I'm not sure she feels the same way. She had a really bad withdrawl from her medications this weekend. After 3 hours of straight crying, we called the doctor and we are going to take the weaning slower. It will take a while now to get her off everything, but at least she is home with us!

We took out the feeding tube today. It is so nice to have one less thing to worry about!

This is her oxygen tanks, they go everywhere she goes.

This oxygen machine makes oxygen as long as it has power. It runs all day and all night now at our house.

It is so great to have her home with us, even if we are running on two hours of sleep all day long! She looks great and we are so pleased with all the progress she has made.

Welcome Home

It's true, Gabriella got to come home on Wednesday. She is on oxygen and will continue to be on it for at least a month to two months. She still has a feeding tube, (that Trevor placed all by himself) just until she can finish her bottles. She is still on a few medications for a couple more days as well.

The dogs aren't too sure what to think about Gabriella, but they seem to enjoy her when she isn't crying.

Under the doctor's strict recomedations; please no vistors for at least a month until she is all better. Thanks again for everyone's love and support!