Friday, February 11, 2011

Another Good Day

Byron went over this morning and spent some good quality daddy and baby time while I rested and got the once over by all the doctors.  He got to change another diaper and then was able to feed Elliot with a bottle.  He even successfully got a good burp out of him. Elliot just loved up his dad and was very content in his arms.  Lucky for us, one of his nurses took a few pictures of Byron while he was feeding him.





After some lunch, Byron wheeled me over to Children's for another visit.  He thought off-roading wheel-chairing was a new sport, I had to "nicely" remind him that I did just have surgery.  When we got there Elliot was spending some time with his Grandma's.  After we showed up, the lactation specialist popped over for a visit and helped me work on feeding Elliot for the first time.  


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Elliot took to the boob today!  Now that he has tasted the finest, there is no turning back!  Its a pretty amazing feeling to feed him while he is staring at me and grabbing onto my finger with his free hand.  One of my most favorite moments so far.  We choose not to take photos of this moment to share, haha, those are just for Byron.  Elliot and I also finally got to share some skin-to-skin time, which is what I feel like I have been missing out on since day one, so it was a good moment for the 2 of us.  

We left the Grandma's to spoil him some more, while we headed back so that I didn't get in too much trouble with my nurses.  Around dinner time, we got a surprise dinner of Red Lobster, which made Byron's night.  Since day one of finding out we were pregnant, Byron has been looking forward to the lobster dinner at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, where we thought we would be delivering Elliot.  So, since we have been down in Denver, we keep joking that he missed out on his lobster dinner...well not anymore!  

After dinner, we headed back over for some Elliot time.  I got to feed him once again and then he got some daddy lovin'.  We did get some fabulous news that Elliot can go home soon.  He just needs to show his doctors that he can eat every 2-4 hours for 24 hours and then he is ready to go home as long as everything else continues to go well.  After this whole ordeal started, just a week ago, I never would have imagined we would get to take our baby home that soon.  He is just thriving and such a miracle.  We are some proud parents!

10 comments:

  1. So happy to hear all of the good news! It just keeps coming! YEAH! So excited that it looks like you will be able to take Elliot home soon! Wow! How exciting!!

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  2. So excited for all the great progress. Elliot sure has a large community of people around him. Keep those great pictures coming! Cathy and Jim McNair

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  3. Ok, that's it, it's official - the quote of the day: "Elliot took to the boob today!" Made me laugh out loud! So happy to hear how well all of you are progressing. Jamie, you are a wonder woman and Byron a wonder(ful) man. Thanks so much for the updates! Howdy do to your mama.

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  4. Jamie, Byron and Elliot,
    I have been following Elliot's story since the first email from Deb Ellis (at Dunn) last week. I am so thankful for all the wonderful news surrounding your family. Elliot is an absolute miracle, a beautiful baby boy and a very blessed child. I am so excited that you all will be coming home very soon...please let me bring you dinner sometime (I can bring another round of Red Lobster if that suits your fancy!).
    Jamie Romero (Dunn teacher!)

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  5. WAHOOOO!!! I love reading the daily Elliot report! Every day just gets better and your adventures make me laugh! Ya, there's nothing like four wheelin' after surgery!!! I love the pictures too! Elliot is so precious!

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  6. Wishing you all the best, cuz/cuz-in-law/second-cuz!

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  7. This is the first post I have burst out laughing while reading. Thanks for entertaining and sharing such wonderful news!! I am so happy that Elliot may be coming home soon. He is quite the trooper!! The news gets better every day. I love the pictures, because you can see that Elliot is very connected to mom and dad.

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  8. Jamie- Congrats on the beautiful baby boy! Thanks for posting your blog on facebook. Sounds like Elliot is doing great! I hope that he will be home soon! I'll be saying prayers for him everyday! Elliot is such a lucky little boy to have you as his parents. He will bless you more than you can imagine! God bless you new family! :)

    Kara (Peep) Evans

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  9. Yay! So glad to hear all the positives and to be able to follow you 3 on here :) Sounds like things are going in your favor and I couldn't be happier for you. I will continue to keep you all in my prayers!

    Rhi

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  10. Woo HOO...! Keep up the good mojo, all of you...

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