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, August 4, 2009

Olivia Continues to Grow

This post won't be long, I promise. For all of those blog and weight (Olivia's) watchers, I just wanted to let you know that little Miss Olivia gained another ounce yesterday, putting her at a whopping 4 pounds 2 ounces. She's averaging about an ounce a day, which would give her about a pound of body weight every 2 weeks or so.

Quick math reminder... 16 ounces = 1 pound = 452 grams (how the hospital weighs her). Who would have thought they'd get a quick math lesson reading our blog.

On a serious note, Leslie and I want to continue to express our thanks to everyone for their thoughts, prayers, food, help, etc. It really means a lot to us and I'm not sure we could survive without it!

Some quick thank yous...(send all complaints above omissions to Leslie). Please note, these are in no particular order and are right off the top of my head.
  • Stephanie and Heli - thanks for your constant support, both in and out of the hospital. Oh yeah, the food is awesome too!
  • Mom and Dad - even though you're far away in gloomy Pennsylvania, it has helped so much to have you to talk to. I know that your "Olivia Updates" are necessary and being spread far and wide throughout northwest PA.
  • Lisa and Peter - for your support too! And for everything you've done at the Ronald McDonald House her and in JAX! Can't wait to see you both soon.
  • Kara and Dave - for the awesome string casserole (so good that I'll put the recipe on here!) and for checking in on us and the house!
  • Our friends in Houston - thanks for all of the offers for help, I promise that we will be taking you up on these offers!
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    You're so very welcome. We want to do more, but we don't want to intrude in any way! If there's every anything else we can do, please do NOT hesitate to ask! Leslie, my lunch offer for today still stands. :-)

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  2. MomAugust 4, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    Thanks so much for the updates -- I check every day. We're all rooting for Olivia's progress back here in (yes, gloomy recently) PA! Love to all...Judith

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  3. AnonymousAugust 4, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    You are more than welcome for anything we've done--to tell you the truth, visiting Olivia at the hospital makes my day! Mom/Honey/Grandma Stephanie

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  4. AnonymousAugust 5, 2009 at 9:15 PM

    Wish I could pop in and just cook for you.......and of course give you my encouragement in any way...........but, we are all thinking about you each day from a distance.
    Love to you 3!!!
    Aunt Ann

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