Chad and Leslie are proud to welcome little Olivia Grace into the world! (born July 20, 2009)

You can email us at lesliestevens07@gmail.com or csteven1@gmail.com, or feel free to leave your comments after any of the posts--we'd love to hear from you!

If you haven't already, click on the link for "Olivia's Endowment at Texas Children's Hospital" on the left to learn about “The Olivia Grace Stevens Endowed Fund in Neonatology” we've started at Texas Children's Hospital to help other babies and families in need, and to find out how you can contribute if you're interested.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Week 1 Update

Little Olivia continues to grow and show signs of improvement. She's within 30 grams of her birth weight and moving more every day. We've seen a couple of milestones over the past few days... all of them were so exciting to us!!!

  • A few days back she opened her eyes for the first time (just for a second or two) and showed us her bright blue eyes!
  • She also turned her head from one side to the other all by herself.
  • I swaddled Olivia for the first time, despite my best efforts to mess it up, she ended up looking like a little baby burrito.

Olivia is still spending her time at Texas Children's Hospital. Right now she's in an isolette so her little lungs can continue to grow stronger, other than that she's eating well and everything else continues to improve.


Despite all of these challenges, our love for little Olivia continues to grow every day. We are constantly thanking God for her, she's our little miracle! Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers, we really appreciate it.

Chad
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  1. Katie GeurinJuly 28, 2009 at 2:34 PM

    Swaddling is hard! Neither Neil or I ever got it right, but the good news is that they have special blankets for swaddle-challenged parents. Thanks for the update on Olivia! I'm so happy to hear that she's doing well and getting stronger.

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