Happy 5 weeks!

Today as we pulled into the hospital parking lot, Ang was riding with us, who should we see pulling into the same parking lot unannounced? Grampa and Gramma R. They are coming next weekend, but couldn't wait any longer.







They let a couple of hints escape so we were wondering if we would be seeing them earlier than expected.

aaaaaand this morning he went back off of the c-pap onto the cannula! He was so much more relaxed I held him for almost two hours this morning, and he would've spent all night with Kristen but the nurse put him back to bed eventually so he could rest and sleep and grow.



He has done well today on the cannula so far. We know he might go back onto the c-pap again, but every time he gets stronger and does better.

He weighs 3 lbs 12 oz, a virtual ogre!

Though he might have to wait a little while to wear the Bronco's onesie Grampa R brought...



Also tonight a set of twin girls came in to the NICU and were placed in the empty beds on either side of us. They weighed almost exactly what Greydon weighed when he was born. They are related to a past room mate of Angela's that she is still in contact with. This allowed us to chat with the parent's briefly. It was funny to me that I suddenly felt like the old pro. I frequently find myself basking in the "old" but rarely experience the "pro". I know I didn't look as young as this new father, but I am sure I looked as wide eyed and blind-sided.

The night we found ourselves thrust into parenthood "prepared" never tip-toed near our word choice that evening. A good friend, along with some of my family and a friend of Kristen's, came to be with us that night. I will never be able to explain what that meant to me. My friend Justin brought me a couple of cameras of his, as I was unprepared for the event. Kristen tried to express to him later what that simple act did for us, as she got choked up and likely felt that words were insufficient. I wont try to speak for Kristen, but everything happened so fast, the pain killers worked so well, the staff was so confident and quick, that by the time we exhaled, Greydon was upstairs in the NICU and we were down on the fourth floor wondering who came up with the verbage "delivering" a baby. At first Kristen wasn't physically able to spend very much time out of bed, and Greydon couldn't spend the night in our room. That camera and it's view finder was how she could gaze at her little boy, and we wished that we would've had pictures that first night to lessen the sudden separation.

I had my camera tonight, they didn't.

I have learned that the NICU has a photo printer....

They have pictures tonight.



Congratulations Jordan and Maci, the girls are beautiful.

Today was a good day, he really does get more precious by the millisecond.