Milestones, Milestones, Milestones

Wow, since our last post (before the family photos) Olivia has done some pretty amazing things! I'll get right to it...

• Her nasal canulla, which gave her oxygen through her nose, has been removed. She's breathing the air we breath with no help at all!
• She's been removed from her isolet (think the baby incubator) and has been keeping her body temperature up!
• She has started to open her eyes and look around! She opens one eye at a time, just a little bit, looks around and then shuts it. It's so amazing to watch her take in the world for the first time. You can just see her soaking it all up!!! Here's a picture!

• I'm hoping to not be premature with this one, but Olivia may potentially move from the Level III to the Level II NICU at Texas Children's on Monday if she keeps breathing deeply, so keep your fingers crossed (and pray!)
  

All of these things, and many others, have led to a few positive days and Olivia continues to trend in the right direction. Every day we get a little more optimistic that she'll be coming home someday soon.

Other than that, Olivia continues to do the things that babies do. She loves being held by mommy, daddy, papi and honey; she loves pooping; she loves eating; she loves fussing at her daddy when he doesn't give her her pacie and most of all she loves sleeping.