HOME!!!!!

I figured I better type one last post in here before it's too late and you're all left wondering what happened to us. We're going home! We're still waiting for the doctor and for Cael to eat once more - but it's official. We are going home!!!

Thank you all so very much for everything throughout this whole ordeal. Eric and I couldn't have made it through without all of your thoughts and prayers.

At 13 days old we're finally getting to take our baby home!!!

Just a few more lyrics and the blog will probably be going back into a coma for a while. I've been waiting for so many days to be able to use these lyrics. I'm just going to post a few of them...It' "Home" by Daughtry

I'm going home, to the place where I belong
These places and these faces are getting old
So I'm going home


All righty - I'm signing off. From the very bottom of my heart - thank you again

Love to all~
Eric, Emily, Kylie & Cael

All My Bags Are Packed, I'm Ready To Go...

Our nurse just packed everything up that was at Cael's bed-side!!! We're waiting for his 10:00 feeding and for rounds to get the ok from the doctor!!

Someone get those plows-a-goin!!! I want to get home!

Well...

The night was awesome! Cael's eating like a champ still and gained 35 grams!!!

Today should be our day!! Of course the doctor will make the final decision, but our nurse doesn't see any reason why we wouldn't be discharged!!!!

Eric makes fun of me when I post lyrics, but I can't help myself. I'll try to only post part of them though. I know he'll really make fun of me because this next song is by Miley Cyrus, it's called, "When I Look At You" I was just watching the movie, "The Last Song" and this song came on at the end and it just grabbed me.. Here we go...

Everybody needs inspiration,
Everybody needs a song
The beautiful melody
When the nights alone

'Cause there is no guarantee
That this life is easy

Yeah when my world is falling apart
When there's no light to break up
The dark, that's
When I, I look at you

When the waves
Are flooding the shore and I can't
Find my way home anymore
That's when I, I look at you.

Wrappin It Up

Well to wrap up our day...

Cael did awe-some! He just had about 55 cc's of colostrum so he should be good and filled up! His nurse thought he might even last 4 hours so we shall see.

His diapers also kicked butt. In the past few days they've been completely dry or sometimes only 6cc's. And all today his diapers have been in the 30s!!!!!

Looks like tomorrow we should be homeward bound!! Sure hope those plows are out and running when we're ready to get out of here because it's going to take more than a little blowing snow to keep us in this place another day!!

We'll check his weight before the next feeding - that'll be our true test. Crossing our fingers he's getting "beefy" as Eric would say :) Good night all. I'll try to post his weight around 12:30-1 but hopefully everyone is fast asleep at that time!

Thanks for all of the positive thoughts and prayers today - We can't thank you all enough.

We love you all ~ Good night

Got Milk?

You can't slow him down. I (Eric) braved the 5 blocks from work to the hospital through a massive snowstorm to get to feed my amazing little guy. Nurse gave me a 70 cc bottle (goal is 55) and he drank the whole thing. We did have to stop halfway and take a little break but he got through it.

Cael made me very proud during his supper. He stopped, opened his eyes, and proceeded to juice his very new, very clean diaper. And to add emphasis to what he had just accomplished, he farted for about 15 seconds without pause. It nearly brought me to tears (from the smell).

3rd Feeding

Well...60 cc's!

They said if he had 3 strong feedings his feeding tube could come out! So here's Cael without the feeding tube!! Lookin good little man, lookin good.

Hopefully Cael's weight is up tonight at his weigh in. :) His weigh in - wonder if he'll be a basketball player or a wrestler when he grows up???

Last night Cael's weight was up 5 grams. So he was 5 lbs 13.1 oz. Still a peanut that's for sure. Eric had to go pick up a different "going home" outfit for our little monkey. Never thought I'd need any preemie sized clothes.

Every day the nurses fill out what's called a little "care card" It has "Today's Plan" on it if you will and on Cael's it says, "If he does well on bottles for 24 hours he can go home Sunday" I just looked at his card for the first time a few minutes ago and when I read that I started crying!! I was hoping that was the case but I didn't realize we really truly were that close to getting out of here!!!

What do you think of your baby brother Kylie??? He told me to tell you that he loves you and can't wait to meet you! Mommy and daddy love and miss you and can't wait to see you!

2nd Feeding

Cael's second feeding went great! It wasn't quite as big as his first, but still a success! He downed 60 cc's!! Go Cael! Keep up the good work!