3 week update

Well, we are back to give an update on Lily. Things have been busy for me over the past week. We had our first experience of me just not being able to do everything that I could to help out. I had a lot going on at work over the past week and was a bit distracted while at home. Then, yesterday, I had to actually stay home sick with a 24-hour stomach bug. I really hated not being able to help out as I would have wanted, and it was even harder given that I was here at home with her, and understandably, Katy told me to stay away from Lily. We certainly don't want to give her any of my germs at this point.

Yesterday, we had a visit from Grandaddy Brockman. Now, this is my grandfather, so that means for Lily it was her great-grandfather. And if Lily was happy to see them, we'll just have to take her word for it. She was completely asleep the entire time. Grandaddy and Virginia certainly enjoyed seeing her and were just so happy to be here with us. But, Lily slept the entire visit away. I hope we can get over to College Station to see them in the next month or so, and that she can be a bit more alert and interactive with them.

Lily (and Katy) had an exceptionally good day of check-ups on Tuesday as well. As of last Tuesday, Lily had still not been up to her birth weight (and she should have been at two weeks), so that gave us some cause for concern. But, then she finally did get to that weight (and beyond) yesterday, tipping the scales at 8 pounds, 7.5 ounces, over half a pound more in just one week. So, that made us super happy. Not only the visit there at Dr. Rodriguez' office, but also Katy's follow-up visit in the afternoon at the lacation center made us feel more confident that Lily is getting the food she needs from her nursing. She fed at the lacation center and they measured that she got 3.5 ounces during the feed, over 15% more than what she should be getting at this stage, and this was without supplementing the nursing with some pumped milk. So, between Lily's weight check and then knowing that she is feeding well, I think our little girl is doing exceptionally well, and there is nothing too bad that should be worrying us.

The rest of the past week was spent continuing to try and get her into a routine. We continue to be overwhelmed by all the help and assistance people have been providing for us. Yet again, we have to express our sincere thanks to the community group at Journey Fellowship for the way that they rolled into action with helping a new mom with their own food for the first couple of weeks. This has been such a a great benefit and help to us, with people being extremely kind to want to bring food to us. As much as the food, it was certainly nice to see everybody because we surely wanted to show off our new addition and couldn't really get out of the house, so everyone came to us. But, it is tough to describe just how much of a benefit not having to worry about an evening meal has been. It was especially grateful as I headed back to work, and things were a bit busier there than I would have liked so soon after Lily's birth. Yet again, without having to say a word, the group just took care of business with each other. It will be nice once Lily gets a bit more settled to get back into the routine of seeing everyone each week at Todd & Candes' house and then re-connecting monthly with the group from Jeff & Robi's.