Grant Thomas is 3 weeks old today!

Grant Thomas is three weeks old today and is doing great! He has been nursing and taking bottles like a pro, with very few bradychardias or "Bradys," as the NICU staff calls them. He is off the caffeine as of yesterday, which was a stimulant to remind him to breath. The nurses & doctors will be monitoring Grant over the next few days to see if he can remember to breath on his own. Worst case scenario is that he'll have to go back on it. More caffeine? I wonder if his coffee-addicted dad can get that kind of service?!

Father's Day was very special as Jack and I took Kelly to brunch at the very swanky UNMC Nebraska Grill (the on site cafe.) The three of us also visited Grant and took pictures of Kelly with his two boys. We have been taking turns visiting him every day and even got to spend the evening of father's day there together due to a last minute stand-in for Jack by our adorable neighbor, Rachel Recker. We gave him a bath and cuddled him and finally put him to bed together for the first time since he's been born.

I just returned from tucking him for the night and he was up another 2 oz. to 4 lbs, 14.6 oz. It's getting harder and harder to leave every night. When he was first born, I could justify leaving him because he looked so fragile and it seemed scary to hold and cuddle him. Now he smiles when he hears my voice and sleeps peacefully in my arms as soon as I pick him up.

We are hopeful that Grant will be home in approximately three weeks, if all goes well. It'll be a blip on the map once we have him home... we know this but it sure is hard to be patient when you have such a wonderful, handsome baby boy not more than a mile from home!

Stay tuned for more updates and keep your fingers crossed for us!

Amy