NICU update

I need to download more pictures, but a quick update on Hailey.....the bottom line is, she is doing great! The NICU at St. Mark's right now to a bustling place - there are new babies coming in and out of there every day. Hailey's had all sorts of "neighbors." Loud ones, small ones, huge ones, quiet ones. And she just quietly puts up with whoever is next door! The nurses just love her - and I can't blame them. They wake her every 3 hours to change her diaper, take her temperature and feed her. Then, she goes right back to sleep and snoozes until it's time to do it all again. She's really mellow and super, duper sweet. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to go over at her noon feeding and 9:00 p.m. feeding each day. A few days ago, they let me nurse her, so we usually try for those 2 feedings a day. Some times it goes great and sometimes it doesn't. It's a lot more work for her to nurse than to just drink the breastmilk from a bottle, but she's been a good little trooper. The neonatalogist talked with us today and said she's pretty much ready to come home except they'd like to see her gain a little more weight. She got down to 3 lbs. 10 oz. and is slowly creeping back up, but they'd like to see it be more. They add a calorie booster to each bottle and she's been good about eating it. We are excited to have her come home, but we also love that she's so protected there and well cared for. (She has no idea that she's not an only child!). Anyway, she is the sweetest little thing and we just adore her. She's beautiful, perfect and just a little minature baby! Way to go Hailey!