THREE Weeks and three pounds

Today is a HAPPY HAPPY 3 Week B-day!































(and no, that's NOT a pic of me up there!)

Greydon is up to 3 lbs 4 oz and is starting to round out a little.

He got the blood transfusion and didn't need any more, the infections appear on the chest film to continue to be clearing up... He seemed alert today, looking around and playing with his tongue... very cute, no video sorry.

They are continuing to wean him off the pressures and he might get off of the respirator and back to the c-pap soon. We look forward more than I know how to express to be able to hold him again once he does.

Quick fun story.

Pertinent: I have two sisters back in MI and a bro in CA...

Story:

We had a really nice and cute gift left on our door.

We misread the card and called some friends to thank them for the great and thoughtful gift, they were confused (oops!), we re-read the tag, correctly this time. The names were of some cousins, who really went above and beyond with such a nice gift, a little beyond cousin-level gift giving, and we planned to call them for being so thoughtful.

Completely unrelated my mom said to give my sister a call and that she had left messages and wasn't able to get a hold of us. (no, I have not been checking my messages very frequently)

So I call her and we chat and she ask us if we had received a package, I presumed she meant in the mail and I said no, she seemed pretty bummed, which surprised me since we would probably just get it a day or two later than planned. She then sadly said, maybe it got left at the wrong house.... and a little light bulb clicked!

My sister has the exact name of one of Kristen's cousins, and their significant others also have the same name! It hadn't even occurred to me that the gift in question would've been from my sis, it was a gift bag left on a door handle, not a package in the mail.... apparently a friend of hers was going to be driving through and played pony express for my sister all the way from MI!! It's a great little gift we can't wait to use, so thoughtful, even if I was confused for just a bit. So it all got figured out and all is right with the world.

I love my family and I secretly (well now the secrets out) hate that my little boy will not know them as well as I had the opportunity to know them. It is rather unlikely we'll start that commune and all move onto a big ranch next door to each other. I know that modern technology has made the world a smaller place and that he will love them because I love them and will talk about them all of the time but my heart aches that Aunt Shannon will be a voice on the phone, Aunt Amy will be a great person who we get to see hopefully once a year, and that Uncle Guy will be a fun guy in CA.... He'll know his grandparents, they'd walk here if needed, but I'm just a little sad and will now take this moment to wallow...

wallow wallow wallow (that'll do for now)