Signing Off

Well, we have decided it is time to sign off on Allison's NICU progress blog. We thank all of you from the bottoms of our hearts for following her progress and for your prayers and well wishes. She continues to thrive here at home, weighing in last week at 11lb, 12 oz and 21" long! We are constantly amazed at her progress and just what a miracle she really is. For those of you who would like to keep up with her progress and just see shots of our daily lives, we are on Facebook and frequently post pictures there (it is much easier, the blog has given me many problems lately uploading photos, hence the lack of them). If you add either Kevin or myself as a "friend", we promise to confirm. Again, thank you everyone for joining us on this journey with our daughter, we are blessed to have you all.

P.S. I once again tried to attach some final photos here--with no luck--UGH! Please hop on Facebook. :)

August 6, 2009

Allison is doing great. She is very excited for her Welcome Home party on Sunday. :) She is still having a few issues with spitting up and reflux, but it has gotten better since we saw the doctor last week. She is definitely still feisty and active - I took the picture above this afternoon. She was playing her usual "scooting" game. This is where we put her to bed in her bassinet downstairs and she scoots all the way to the end of the bassinet and then cries because she can't scoot anymore. Notice the sock next to her--it was on her foot just a few minutes before I took this. :)

August 1, 2009

Hi everyone--sorry for the lag in recent postings, but as I am sure you can imagine, things are a bit hectic in the Jerry household these days. :) Allison is doing great. She is 10 lb, 2oz as of Friday morning. She is having some issues with reflux, so we took her to the pediatrician and hopefully we'll get it worked out. Below are some recent photos--relaxing all laid back in her swing and, of course, playing in her little gym, I tried to catch her just as she hit the rattle in the gym hanging above her, but of course, she was faster than me. :)

July 25, 2009

Allison is doing great! She is up 9lb, 8oz! Our little preemie just keeps growing, thank goodness. She had a visit from both grandmas yesterday and was wide awake for HOURS. It must have worn her out--here she is this afternoon--knocked out! :)

July 22, 2009

Just some recent photos of Allison--playing in her gym and hanging out with Grandpa.

July 18, 2009

We are having such a good time with our baby girl! We have our moments of tiredness (though they always seem to occur when she is wide awake and ready to play!), but they are overshadowed by moments like yesterday when we put Allison on her tummy time Teaparty playmat and she proceeded to roll over from her tummy to her back--all on her own! These little developmental victories are precious to us, because there was a time not so many months ago when we faced the prospect that she might not be able to do some of these things. She is weighing in at 8lb, 9oz. as of yesterday and continues to thrive and we couldn't feel more lucky. :)

July 15, 2009

Allison is doing great here at home. She definitely loves all the cool toys she has to play with! She can entertain herself for a good long time, especially in her Baby Gym (see above). She is a really good baby, sleeps about 4 hours between meals and really just likes to hang out in her swing or with Mommy & Daddy.